Slade, Elliott Darcy

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B.A., Law II : Lieutenant, 33rd Battn. and A.A.M.C., A.I.F., France. Enlisting in A.A.M.C. in May, 1915, and sailing on hospital ship Karoola in July, transferred after several voyages to the Infantry. Attending Duntroon, was commissioned and, sailing in January, 1917, crossed to France with reinforcements, joined battn. in October, and served at Passchendaele and Villers-Bretonneux till death. Promoted lieutenant, 23rd June, 1917. Killed in Action, near Villers-Bretonneux, 30th March, 1918. Commemorated in Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Member of S.U. Scouts. Early education at Gordon Public and Sydney High Schools. Your son distinguished himself throughout this difficult operation

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1894

Birth in Marrickville -354 Illawarra Road- NSW, Australia 28 July 1894
1904

Early education at Gordon Public School, Gordon, NSW, Australia 1904
1907

Early education at Sydney Boys High School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia 1907
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 1 May 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1916

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1916
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Fletcher, Robert Horner
1918

Death in Villers-Bretonneux --, France 30 March 1918

Gender

Male

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