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Service Number 6216. Killed in Action 6 May 1917. Bullecourt, France
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Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Acland, Elson Robert Service Number 6216
Killed in Action 6 May 1917 Bullecourt, France
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context
provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1st AIF.
This resource is presented by Gosford City Council
for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources
contained within remains with the original copyright owners.
NAME ACLAND;- Elson Robert
SERVICE NO 6216
UNIT 20th Reinforcement, 4
th Btn, 2
nd Infantry
RANK Private
DATE OF BIRTH/AGE 21 yrs 4 mths NSW Births;- Acland, Elson R- 1896/31413 reg Katoomba parents Alfred A & Sarah E.
PLACE OF BIRTH Katoomba, NSW
ADDRESS Hill Street Gosford. NSW
OCCUPATION Carpenter, 7 yrs apprenticeship served with Barns & Blackwood, Builders, Katoomba.
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 25 Jan 1916
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
PREVIOUS SERVICE Jr & Senior Cadet- 7 yrs Militia Katoomba
NEXT OF KIN Alfred Albert & Sarah Eliza Acland, Hill St., Gosford
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’ 5½”. Weight 121 lbs. Chest 30½ - 33½. Complexion- Fresh. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Brown. Scar upper right arm
RELIGION Methodist
EMBARKED 9 Sept 1916-Sydney-per “Euripides”
DISEMBARKED 26 Oct 1916-Plymouth
WOUNDED/ILLNESS
NOTES AWOL-Overstayed leave 6 hrs 21 Nov 1916 8 Feb 1917- left Folkstone for France per ”Invicta”
DIED KIA- 6 May 1917
BURIED In the vicinity of Bullecourt-
MEDALS British War Medal-47881, Victory Medal-47324. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-324554
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS Returned to father;- wallet, photo & letter
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Letter from T Robinson (Base Records) acknowledged parents correction of Elsons’ age Elson had put his age up by twelve mths. He was born Septem-ber 1896. Letters from Miss N Willis, of Opp Woollen Mills, Church St., Parramatta, re-questing information. United Ancient Order of Druids-Jersey Lodge 269- Katoomba
REMARKS Note;- Elson’s brother Roy Acland b 22 Apr 1899, Katoomba, Enlisted in Gosford with permission of both parents Alfred Albert Acland & Sarah nee Wilson. 29 Oct 1918, aged 20 yrs 6 mths, serving 64 days from 4/11/1918-31/12/1918. Medical examiner was Dr James H Paul. Father’s occupation listed as Ganger NSW Railways.
Red Cross Reports He was a short nuggety built man thickset about the shoulders, & fair haired, we called him “Snowey” Killed early morning of 6
th May 1917, by shell fire in a trench at Bullecourt
Buried just behind the Hindenburg Line.
NSW BDM Birth;-ACLAND-Elson R 1896-31413 Reg Katoomba parents Alfred A & Sarah E
To the left: Gosford Times, 2-8-1917
LATE PRIVATE ACLAND Mr A. Acland, of Gosford, has received the following letter from France referring to the death of his son:- “France, 28
th May, 1917.- It is with regret that I write
to sympathise with you in the loss of your son who was killed in action on the 5
th May. He died at his
post. I feel his loss very much, and he will be hard to replace. You lose a son and I a gallant soldier. – R McMAHON, Lieutenant, D. Dompany, 4
th
Battalion
Above: Gosford Times, 7-6-1917
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged records courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350
Abridged record courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 3019350