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Carl Alfred ELIASSON

Regimental number16402
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolFremantle State School, Perth, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTelegraphist
AddressNorth Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Anna Eliasson, John Street, North Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date28 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameDivisional Signal Company 4, Reinforcement 8
AWM Embarkation Roll number22/14/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 29 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Divisional Signal Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWas gassed to death.
FateDied of wounds 24 October 1918
Place of death or woundingBeugny, France
Age at death24.7
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBristol (Arno's Vale) Cemetery (Grave No. 713), Gloucestershire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
25
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Postmaster General's Department Roll of Honour, Commonwealth of Australia Building, Perth, Western Australia. Dedicated to 'Officers from Western Australia who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918'. Parents: John Alfred and Anna Christina ELIASSON, 20 Holyrood Street, West Leederville, Western Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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