Elliott Darcy Slade

Details

BiographyElliot Slade enlisted on 25 March 1916 and after serving with the Army Medical Corps on the Hospital Ship "Karoola" from 1915. He returned to Australia on 5 October 1915 and joined the Infantry, sailing to France in 1917. He was promoted to Lieutenant the same year.

He was killed by machine gun fire during an attack on enemy lines. John Pockley, also from Wahroonga, was killed in the same action.

He served as a Sergeant in the Sydney University Scouts.

Age34Date of Death30 March 1918Civil employmentArticled Clerk Last edited by: Peter BOOTH

EducatedSydney Boys High School, NSW Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

RelationshipsSon of John Elliott Slade and Ada Slade of "Ellerker", Cleveland Street, Wahroonga.

Document

Service Information

RankLieutenantRegiment33rd Battalion, AIFPlace of enlistmentLiverpoolPlace of embarkmentSydney, NSW Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Date of embarkment 24 January 1917 Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Place of deathVillers-Bretonneux.BattleVillers-BretonneuxMemorial or CemeteryWahroonga War MemorialMemorial/Cemetery Villers-Bretonneu Memorial, Somme, FranceKeywordsFirst World War Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Wahroonga

WW1

Menu

Elliott Darcy Slade