Edward William ELLIOT

Regimental number6/782
Date of birth13 July 1888
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStoreman
Address31 Garden Road, Fendalton
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 11.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinW Elliot, 74 Colombo Street, Beckenham, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in the Native Rifles, Christchurch.
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Tahiti' and 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 15 August 1917
Discharge date1 December 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914.

Disembarked Gallipoli, 10 May 1915; joined Bn, 21 May 1915.

Admitted to No 16 Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 9 July 1915 (diarrhoea); transferred to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 20 July 1915; to All Saint's Hospital, Malta, 30 July 1915; to Base Depot, Ghezireh, Egypt, 27 December 1915; rejoined Bn, Ismailia, 18 January 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 4 March 1916.

Embarked Port Said for France, 6 April 1916.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, 19 July 1916; Temporary Lance Sergeant, 9 August 1916; promoted Corporal, 30 August 1916; Sergeant, 9 October 1916.

Admitted to Advanced Dressing Station, 20 February 1917, and transferred same day to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station; to England, 25 February 1917, and admitted same day to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames (otitis media); to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 8 May 1917.

Attached to NZ Discharge Base, Torquay, on duty, 26 June 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Devonport on board 'Tofua', 15 August 1917 (duty and furlough leave); discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 1 December 1917.

Total war service: 3 years 104 days (of which 2 years 364 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death28 October 1943 Christchurch
Age at death55
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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