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Vernon Douglas Elliott

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 72), Page: 23 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 72), Page: 23 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vernon Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Elliott AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 54277 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 June 1895 Noel Smith and Lyn Griffiths research
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    G.H. Elliott (father), Park Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 54277 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Vernon Elliott was the son of George Herbert and Emmie Elliott, of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Of Christchurch.

    Died of wounds, received at Le Quesnoy AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 November 1918 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Le Quesnoy, France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM V. C. 46. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Vernon Elliott was born in 1895 He was my Uncle
    Public - Carla diana - Other Relative - 28 February 2015
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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia. AWMM
      Military Service Record AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      72: 23 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith and Lyn Griffiths (2021). AWMM

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28 February 2015Carla dianaCaloundra QLD Australia Other Relative

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