James Bruce AWMM

Elliot AWMM

501287 AWMM

Male AWMM

Pre 1943 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Italy AWMM

Army AWMM

501287 AWMM

• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.57 Solicitor/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.57
2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.57

WW2 Sergeant 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.57 N.Z. Artillery 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.57 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Gunner/Military AWMM
New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment AWMM

5 December 1943 AWMM
Age 39 AWMM
Italy, Europe AWMM

Killed in Action AWMM

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XVI. A. 23. AWMM

Gunner James Bruce Elliot, who has been reported killed in action, was the elder son of Sir George and Lady Elliot, who left Auckland some years ago to reside in England. He was educated at Waitaki Boys' High School and Trinity College, Cambridge. On his return to Auckland he joined the law firm of Messrs. Russell, McVeagh and Company and was later made a partner. He enlisted in the Army at the outbreak of the war, and upon being commissioned did staff duties at the headquarters of the Northern Military District. On the departure overseas of two other partners in the company, Major-General H. E. Barrowclough and Colonel N. L. Macky, Mr. Elliot had to return to the firm, but with the return of Colonel Macky he was able to re-join the Army. Like many other young officers, he was retained in New Zealand during the critical months which followed Japan's entry into the war, and when the opportunity came to go overseas he relinquished his commission to take service as a gunner in the field artillery. He married Miss Ela Brampton, a daughter of the late Mr. Kenneth Brampton, and she and their two children reside in Auckland. Mr. Elliot was a director of Wilson's (N.Z.) Portland Cement Limited, Milne and Choyce Limited, and Leyland, O'Brien, Limited Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24769, 17 December 1943

• Waitaki Boys High School Roll of Honour WWII 1939-45 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2377791
Sources Used

• Weekly News AWMM
  Weekly News, 1944 AWMM
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
  p.57 AWMM