Elliott, Frank

Plot LocationSai Wan Memorial
Column 34
SurnameElliott
Given Name(s)Frank
Place of BirthShanghai
Date of Birth (Eng)1913
Date of Birth (Heb) 
Date of Death (Eng)December 22, 1941
Date of Death (Heb) 
Age at Death28
Hebrew Name 
Spouse’s Name 
Father’s NameJulian S. “Johnny” Abraham
Mother’s NameKatie Moosa 
Other SurnamesAbraham
SexM
Marital StatusS
Maiden Name 
Service RankVolunteer
Religious Status (כ/ל/י) 
Cause of DeathKilled in action
Other Family DataSiblings: Aziza Marjorie (b. 1908), Alic Bertram (b. July 6, 1911) and Patricia Mildred (b. March 17, 1916)
Inscription (Eng) 
Inscription (Heb) 
Inscription (Other) 
HistoricalFrank was a private in the Royal Army Service Corps Company of the HKVDC. He was reported missing, but was probably killed in action near the Repulse Bay Hotel.

His birth name was Elliott Frank Abraham. CWGC records note that his parents lived in Notting Hill, London. His mother was also born in Shanghai and he married his father in Shanghai in 1908. Katie died on September 2, 1971 in Oakland, in California, where the family moved after the war. His grandfather, Joseph Moosa, was born in Yemen.

According to the 1941 jurors’ list, Frank was a clerk at S. J. David & Co.
 

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