Hilton Charles Yelverton (1894 - 1916)

Born 4 Feb 1894 in Busselton, Western Australia

Ancestors

Died 21 Oct 1916 at age 22 in Southend-on-Sea, England

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Biography

. . . We remember: Yelverton Hilton Charles. Pte, No. 2051, 11thBattalion. Hilton was born 1884 in Busselton, 3rd son of John & Eloise (nee Guerrier) Yelverton.

1914-1915 Star AIF Attestation p.36

A station hand, aged 22yo from Quindalup, WA, he enlisted 18 January 1915 at Blackboy Hill and embarked from Fremantle 26 April 1915 on HMAT Hororata. He was wounded at Gallipoli, was invalided to England for treatment , he returned to Egypt, and it was there he was transferred to the 51st Battalion which left for France on June 6 1916.
Hilton died of wounds at Armentieres France on 21 October 1916 and is buried Southend-on-Sea (Sutton Road) Cemetery (Row E, Grave 3436), Essex, England.
Some documents state that he died at Chatham, but his death was registered at Rochford which at the time was the registration district for Southend-On-Sea. It is for this reason, he was laid to rest amongst six other Australians.
Hilton is remembered with honour on the Busselton Cenotaph, he also has a plaque in the Honour Avenue at Kings Park, Perth WA, in addition he is remembered on the AWM, Roll Of Honour, ACT, the Mosman Park Memorial Rotunda Mosman Park, WA and the Cottesloe, RSL Honour Rolls.

Birthplace: Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
Death: October 21, 1916 (18-26) Chatham, Medway, England, United Kingdom
(Died of wounds received in action WWI.)

People – LifeTree

Sergeant Hilton Yelverton, a Busselton boy, ^[1] writing from Malta to his brother, Mr. H. G. Yelverton, at Quindalup, under date of 2nd September, says:
. . . . " I left Gallipoli about a week ago in the Ascanius, the boat Mervyn left Australia on, being sent away with some wounded and sick. I have had a touch of sickness, and am now in hospital at Malta. You need not think I am very ill, because I am now feeling almost well again, and by the time you receive this I will be back with my regiment. I am also suffering from concussion, which was caused by a high explosive shell exploding alongside me about two weeks ago.
I was in the fighting line for three months. We had some hard fighting and some splendid successes, and hope the fighting will be over before winter sets in. It will be rough in the trenches during winter, and the soil being clayey, it will be very boggy. The hospital I am in is called St. Patrick, and consists of a large number of huge tents. We get every attention, and everyone is very comfortable. Malta is a quaint old place, and is now very busy owing owing to the war at the Dardanelles. . . . more . . .

RSLWA Home. | | State War Memorial | and Cenotaph in King's Park

• Historian Shannon Lovelady weaves and narrates a tale from the Western Front Remembered, WWI, page 52, - 28 April 2018. in The Post (Subiaco, 6008)

Sources

Brother of Ethel Lillian Yelverton
Viola Ada Catomore
Evelyn (Lena) Mary Stanley-Low
Vera Carmin Richardson

• https://www.geni.com/people/Hilton-Yelverton/6000000024323747646
• https://www.myheritage.com/names/henry_yelverton

1. ↑ LETTERS FROM THE FRONT. The South-Western News Fri 19 Nov 1915
   (Busselton, WA : 1903 - 1949) Page 3