Regimental number | 3177 |
Place of birth | Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
School | Warooka Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Oaklands Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 141 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Ellen Jolly, Oaklands, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training Scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 32nd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 20 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 5), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 120 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles Elinthahir and Ellen JOLLY. Native of Warooka, South Australia |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength of 32nd Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 6 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. Posted missing, 20 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 12 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, JOLLY Denzil Cyril
Red Cross file 1451004 |