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Walter Wesley ELLIOTT

Regimental number3501
Place of birthNorth Morton, Tasmania
SchoolNorth Morton State School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressProston via Wondai, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Elizabeth Elliott, Ulverstone, Tasmania
Enlistment date28 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll28 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 September 1918
Place of death or woundingPeronne, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCerisy-Gailly French National Cemetery (Plot I, Row R, Grave No. 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William James and Mary Eliza ELLIOTT, Wilson Street, Burnie, Tasmania. Native of North Motton, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1131 Pte Albert ELLIOTT MM, 4th Pioneer Bn, died, 8 November 1918; bu. Stahnsdorf, Germany.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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