Cornelius Clive RUSSELL
Surname: RUSSELL
Christian Names: Cornelius Clive
Date & Place of Birth: 1898 Hog Bay, KI
Service Number: 3911
Service Unit: 11th Reinforcements /51st Battalion
Date & Place of Enlistment: 17/7/17 Perth, WA
Profession prior to Enlistment: Fireman
Embarkation: 30/10/17 Melbourne Aeneas A60
Personal effects returned to mother via “Australcrag” 6/1/19 See letters on file
Nature of Casualty: Wounded:
23/12/17 Admitted to hospital at sea with mumps. Tfd to 4th Sth Gen Hosp Plymouth on disembarkation.
25/4/18 Wounded in Action France
Died of Wounds: Bullet wound both thighs. Factured femur.
Date Died of Wounds: 8/5/18 See letter on file
Place Died of Wounds: 4th General Hospital, Etaples, France
Buried: Etaples Cemetery 9/5/18
Next of Kin (NOK) Details
Address: Norseman, Western Australia
Father: Thomas Alfred Russell b 1876 Arthur Russell/Barbara Hicks Pt Ad
Mother: Elevine Eliza Vallentine m 1897 b1876 Cornelius (Master Mariner)/Emely Johnstone Pt Adel
Service
France: 13/3/18 Proceeded to France
Other
Disembarked Plymouth 26/12/17
Campaign Medals:
Plaque & Scroll received by NOK:
Victory Medal to E E Russell (mother?) 1923
Plaque to father T A Russell 1922
Memorial Scroll to father 1921
Rank : Private
AIF Project
https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=263581
Cornelius Clive RUSSELL
Regimental number 3911
Religion Church of England
Occupation Fireman
Address Norseman, Western Australia
Marital status Single
Age at embarkation 19
Next of kin Father, T Russell, Norseman, Western Australia
Enlistment date 4 July 1917
Rank on enlistment Private
Unit name 51st Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/68/3
Embarkation details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 51st Battalion
Fate Died of wounds 8 May 1918
Place of burial Etaples Military Cemetery (Plot LXVI, Row B, Grave No. 23), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
Australian War Memorial 153
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Elevine RUSSELL, Norseman, Western Australia. Native of Penneshaw, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Other details
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=8071595 plus 62 more documents
K.I. Connection
born Hog Bay
Surname: RUSSELL
Given Names: Cornelius Clive
Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1898
Gender: M
Father: Thomas Alfred RUSSELL
Mother: Ellevine Eliza VALENTINE
Birth Residence: Hog Bay
District: Yankalilla
Book/Page: 625/439
Kleinig Ref: {1443}