Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

"Yours truly, Monte 8 Aug 1916".  The date on the photo may be a little later than the date it was taken.  He has not hat badge, and may have been taken not long after he joined the Headquarters Band in December 1915. Courtesy of Judith Williams.

Elrington M G   Pte  1534    Montgomery (Monte) Goodall     3 Pioneer Bn    22    Draper    Single    C of E

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Maribyrnong  Rd, 404  

Next of Kin:    Elrington, Eliza Jan, Mrs, mother, 404 Maribyrnong Rd, Moonee Ponds    

Enlisted:   22 Feb 1916         

Embarked:  A62 Wandilla 6 Jun 1916   

Bandsman

Relatives on Active Service

Elrington D W R Gunner 10618  brother

Monte Elrington enlisted as a bandsman/stretcherbearer in the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, having been previously been with the Depot Band.

"LIKE YOUNG LIONS."  

"I am still alive, and doing tip top," Private Monte Elrington writes to his sister, Mrs. M'Cartney, Moama, from France on June 11. "We are just out on a few days' rest after a push our boys were in, and did well. I was stretcher bearing, and was up with them. Our casualties were light. Old Fritz had a rough time. A lot wore blown up with mines. I had a look at the, crater of one of the biggest, and it was surprising. There were Huns lying everywhere. It demoralised them. Our division took a lot of prisoners. Some of them are very weedy. Our infantry were like young lions, and would stop at nothing. I saw one small Australian taking five prisoners home across No Man's Land, and he did seem proud."

"LIKE YOUNG LIONS.". (1917, September 15). Echuca and Moama Advertiser and Farmers' Gazette (Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 4. Retrieved January 21, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154416742

OBITUARY. (1936, September 25). Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954), p. 2. Retrieved January 21, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116244371

OLD ECHUCAITES HOLD CITY RE-UNION. (1953, September 29). Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic. : Moama, NSW : 1869 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 21, 2016, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article117134457

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall A-F

St James Church of England, Moonee Ponds (N)

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours