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Elgar R   Pte   4202

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Elgar R   Pte   4202    Rupert              8 Inf Bn    27    Accountant    Single    C of E        

Address:    Essendon, Lincoln Rd, 22    

Next of Kin:    Elgar, M, Mrs, mother, 22 Lincoln Rd, Essendon    

Enlisted:    26 Jul 1915        

Embarked:     A64 Demosthenes 29 Dec 1915 

Awards:  Military Medal

 

Transferred to 2 Light Trench Mortar Battery 22 January 1917.

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Elgar J T Pte 4411 brother

Elgar M Pte discharged brother

 

Mrs. St. Elgar, of 22 Lincoln road, [Essen]don, has been notified that her son, .... has been wounded. His brother, .... is still going strong.

 

ROLL OF HONOUR. (1917, May 24). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved May 12, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74602649 

 

Lance Corporal Rupert ELGAR  

-Recommended for MSM 

- 6 January 1919


For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty, during the period 16/17th September 1918 to 11th November 1918.

He is specially recommended as his work in and out of the line merits the highest commendation.  He has frequently assumed responsibility when such was urgently required during the absence of his Battery commander.

Sgd. T W Glasgow, Major-General
Commanding 1st Australian Division

 

http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1068501--6-.PDF

 

Although recommended for a Meritorious Service Medal, the award made was Military Medal.

 

Mentioned in this publication

 From the Suburbs to the Trenches: the story of two Australian soldiers of the Great War, p 166.

THE ESSENDON LACROSSE TEAM. (1911, September 23). Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918), p. 30. Retrieved February 4, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198153525

LACROSSE. (1914, April 9). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved February 4, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74492494

LACROSSE (1917, June 22). The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved April 11, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242690203

 

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall A-F

Christ Church Roll of Honour

Essendon State School

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours

Regimental Register

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