Douglas John Elliott

Douglas John Elliott

Personal Information
Date of Birth	10 Apr 1920
Place of Birth	Hastings, England
Death	22 Sep 2011, aged 91
Place of Death	Armadale, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	20 years, 6 months
Occupation	Gardener
Religion	Church of England
Address	Byford, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Mother , Mrs Eunice Elliott
Military Information
Reg Number	WX9049
Date of Enlistment	25 Oct 1940
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	2nd/32nd Australian Infantry Battalion

War Service

Enlisted at Claremont on 25 Oct 1940, and on 27 Nov 1940 he was allocated to the No 3 Depot Battalion at the Northam camp for training. On 14 Jan 1941 this changed to the No 2 Training Battalion. Douglas was granted leave without pay from 11 Feb until 16 Feb 1941, after which he was transferred to the 6th reinforcements for the 2/28th Battalion. On 17 Apr 1941 this was changed to the 7th reinforcements for the 2/32nd and he was granted pre-embarkation leave from 24 - 30 Apr 1941.

On 5 Jul 1941 Douglas embarked in Fremantle on HMT Aquitania, a part of Convoy US11A (the other members were Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth) for the Middle East via Colombo in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), disembarking on 25 Jul 1941 at Port Tewfik. On arrival he joined the 25th Infantry Training Battalion before being transferred on 10 Aug 1941 to the 7th Australian Infantry Specialist Group until 14 Sep 9141 when he returned to the training battalion. On 10 Oct 1941 he was transferred to the 2/32 Battalion.

Douglas embarked at Suez on jgkg a part of Convoy L1

Married Irene May ?? Discharged 21 Jan 1944

Post War

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