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Orlando Clarence ELLIOTT

Regimental number2893
Place of birthGundaroo New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDrover
AddressGundaroo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Next of kinMother, Mrs E S Elliot, Gundaroo, New South Wales
Enlistment date12 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 July 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of disease 6 December 1916
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialWoltemade Cemetery (Cemetery 4, Block 1, Grave No. 103A), Cape Town, South Africa
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
162
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Gundaroo General Cemetery, New South Wales. Commemorated on Tumbarumba Roll of Honour ('Advance Australia'), Tumbarumba, New South Wales.
Other detailsMedal: British War Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname entered incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as ELLIOT.

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