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William Claude ELLIOT

Regimental number2285
Place of birthToowoomba, Queensland
SchoolSouth Toowoomba Boys School, Toowoomba, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStation hand
AddressHume Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinAunt, Miss Elizabeth Elliot, Hume Street, Toowoomba, Queensland
Enlistment date9 December 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name52nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/69/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 27 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 19 October 1917
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot III, Row M, Grave No. 8A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
155
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Helen ELLIOT. Native of Toowoomba, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3073 Pte Gordon ELLIOT, 4th Field Ambulance, killed in action, 6 May 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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