Elton Sydney Heeps

1892 - 1916  (24 years)

• Name	Elton Sydney Heeps
  Born	1892	Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Military Award	British War Medal, British Star, Victory Medal  [1]
  Military Service	13 Jul 1915  [2]
  	enlisted
  Occupation	13 Jul 1915  [2]
  	bus conductor
  _UID	FD9EE56E55DD4E5FBF881AD62204715CF758
  Died	19 Jul 1916	France   [3]
  Buried	V.C. CORNER AUSTRALIAN CEMETERY MEMORIAL, FROMELLES   [3]
  Person ID	I5795	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	John Heeps,   b. 21 Jun 1856, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. 23 Oct 1931, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Susan Flower,   b. 1858, Polmont, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 28 Dec 1902, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia  (Age 44 years)
  Married	30 Dec 1884	Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F1878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Elton Sydney Heeps 1916

  
  

• Notes

  Elton joined the Australian Imperial Forces at Brunswick, VIC. as Pve. 3166, on 13th Jul 1915 when he was 23 Years and 4 months old. He was unmarried at that time. Two months later, on 29 Sep 1915 he was embarked, at Melbourne, on the RMS Osterley bound for Egypt. On 7th Jan 1916 he was taken on the strength of the 8th Bn at Tel el Kebir. He joined the 60th Bn, 15th Brigade, 5th Division, and embarked on the "Kinfauns Castle", on 18th Jun 1916, to join the BEF at Marseilles. One month later he was "missing in action". A court of enquiry, held on 4th Aug 1917, declared he was killed in action. His father collected his medals, the British War Medal, British Star, and the Victory Medal Military record download from National Arcive of Australia, 41 images.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77] Terry Stewart (Reliability: 3). [S220] Military Record (Reliability: 4). [S94] Commonwealth War Grave Commission (Reliability: 3).