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

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

https://www.genealogysa.org.au/

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