ELLIOT, Berty Fitzclarence
(Service number 47130)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Sapper |
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Birth
| Date | 25/07/1889 | Place of Birth | Kumara, Westland, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 21 January 1917 | Age | 28 |
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| Address at Enlistment | 18 Nile Street, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Motor mechanic | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Married (1 child) | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A.A Elliott (Wife), 18 Nile Street, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 27th Reinforcements (First Draft) New Zealand Field Engineers | ||
| Date | 6 December 1917 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Engineers | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western European | ||
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| Service Medals | British War Medal, Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 29 August 1918 | Age | 30 |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Mr and Mrs AC Elliott of Wellington, New Zealand. Husband of Mrs Ada A Elliott of Timaru, with wome he had a daughter, Zona.
Hi military record shows his date of birth incorrectly as 1888 - relatives note he was born in 1889. His age is subsequently incorrectly cited on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website and on his headstone as 28, when it should show him to be 30 years of age.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [9/9/2013]; (Cenotaph Database [9/9/2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. 748766 05595 6596 59172) [11/11/2013];
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