Studio portrait of 3142 Private Cyril Elliott, 55th Battalion. A railway fireman of Yass, NSW, he ...

Accession Number P04913.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Unknown
Date made c1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 3142 Private Cyril Elliott, 55th Battalion. A railway fireman of Yass, NSW, he enlisted on 4 October 1916 and sailed with the 8th Reinforcements aboard HMAT Suevic on 11 November 1916. He was transferred to the 35th Battalion and was killed in action in Belgium on 5 October 1917. He is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

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