Soldier profiles
Name : ELLIOTT, DONALD REX
Service Number : SX33075
Date of Birth : 14/11/1908
Place of Birth : ADELAIDE, SA
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Date of Enlistment : 11/08/1943
Locality on Enlistment : WAIKERIE, SA
Place of Enlistment : WAYVILLE, SA
Next of Kin : ELLIOTT, IRENE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
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Discharged : 15/02/1945
Date Died : 18/06/1986
Age at Death : 77
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : WAIKERIE CEMETERY, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6246406 [NOT EXAMINED]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone [photo courtesy of M. Young (daughter of VX38234 E. S. Veal)]
Background : Husband of Peggy Lorraine Elliott.