Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
William Ewen Robert Elliott
William Ewen Robert Elliott
Address: Dimboola, Victoria.
Conflict: 1914-1918.
Embarkation Age: 19.
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 21 October 1915.
Embarkation Rank: Private.
Embarkation Roll number: 10/13/3.
Embarkation Unit name: 8th Light Horse Regiment, 12th Reinforcement.
Enlistment date: 20 July 1915.
Fate: Killed in Action 23 December 1916.
Marital status: Single.
Next of kin: Father, W M Elliot, Dimboola, Victoria.
Occupation: Labourer.
Place of death or wounding: Magdhaba, Sinai Peninsular, Egypt.
Rank on death: Trooper [Tpr].
Regimental number: 1502.
Religion: Methodist.
War Grave Register notes: ELLIOTT, Tpr. William Ewen Robert, 1502. 8th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 23rd Dec., 1916. Age 20. Son of William and Janet Elliott, of Dimboola, Victoria, Australia. B. 142..
Lest we forget
Sources Used:
National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Roll of Honour, AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
CWGC files, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Magdhaba, Sinai, December 23, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, William Ewen Robert Elliott
