Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
James Alexander Elliott
James Alexander Elliott
Service number: 733
Rank: Trooper [Tpr]
Unit: 8th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 10 August 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: ELLIOTT, Tpr. James Alexander, 733. 8th Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 10th Aug., 1916. Son of William Watson Elliott and Mary Jane Elliott, of Riverton, South Australia. B. 77.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of James Alexander Elliott from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 733 |
| Place of birth | South Australia |
| School | State School |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Farm labourer |
| Address | Rainbow PO, Rainbow, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 30 |
| Next of kin | Mrs M J Elliott, Rainbow PO, Rainbow, Victoria |
| Enlistment date | 27 October 1914 |
| Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | 15 October 1914 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A26 Armadale on 12 February 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Died of wounds 10 August 1916 |
| Age at death | 32 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 77), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Warracknabeal Cemetery, Victoria. Headstone inscription reads: 'An Australian Soldier's Noble End.' Parents: WIlliam Watson (d. 5 August 1908, aged 53; bu. Warracknabeal, Victoria) and Mary Jane (d. 26 August 1928, aged 66; bu. Warracknabeal, Victoria) ELLIOTT, Riverton, South Australia~ |
| Other details | War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, James Alexander Elliott
