'Near ZONNEBEKE, on 12th October, 1917, Corporal ELWORTHY and Gunner STEVENS accompanied the Forward Observing Officer during the attack on the PASSCHENDALE RIDGE, and for a period of over 12 hours, under very heavy shell and machine gun fire. They rendered very valuable services in maintaining communications by Lucas Lamp with an Artillery Relay Post thus enabling valuable information to be transmitted back to Artillery Group Headquarters and keeping Group informed as to the progress of the Operation. This work was carried out under the most trying conditions, and under extremely heavy hostile shell fire, and with utter disregard for personal safety, the men displaying splendid devotion to duty throughout the whole time. During the operations at MESSINES up to the present, these men have continually shown great devotion to duty and the manner in which their work has been performed under trying conditions, and heavy shell fire has been a fine example to the men of their Battery.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95
Date: 27 June 1918

Regimental number	20749
Place of birth	Mackay Queensland
Religion	Presbyterian
Occupation	Clerk
Address	Mackay, Queensland
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	22
Next of kin	Father, F Elworthy, Mackay, Queensland
Enlistment date	16 December 1915
Rank on enlistment	Driver
Unit name	9th Field Artillery Brigade 1 - 8 Reinforcements
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 11 May 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll	Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll	Australian Army Pay Corps
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)	Military Cross Recommendation date: 14 October 1917
Fate	Returned to Australia 8 April 1919
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Plaque in Queensland Garden of Remembrance
Medals	Military Medal 'Near ZONNEBEKE, on 12th October, 1917, Corporal ELWORTHY and Gunner STEVENS accompanied the Forward Observing Officer during the attack on the PASSCHENDALE RIDGE, and for a period of over 12 hours, under very heavy shell and machine gun fire. They rendered very valuable services in maintaining communications by Lucas Lamp with an Artillery Relay Post thus enabling valuable information to be transmitted back to Artillery Group Headquarters and keeping Group informed as to the progress of the Operation. This work was carried out under the most trying conditions, and under extremely heavy hostile shell fire, and with utter disregard for personal safety, the men displaying splendid devotion to duty throughout the whole time. During the operations at MESSINES up to the present, these men have continually shown great devotion to duty and the manner in which their work has been performed under trying conditions, and heavy shell fire has been a fine example to the men of their Battery.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95 Date: 27 June 1918
Date of death	10 April 1952

Frank ELWORTHY