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British boxer and war correspondent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John "Jack" Elliott (12 October 1901 – 3 July 1945) was a British middleweight boxer who competed in the 1920s.[1][2]
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Full name | John Elliott | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
Born | Hoxton, London, England | 12 October 1901||||||||||||||
Died | 3 July 1945 43) Balikpapan, Indonesia | (aged||||||||||||||
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Sport | Boxing | ||||||||||||||
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Elliott won a silver medal in boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, losing against the successful British boxer Harry Mallin in the final bout. He won the Amateur Boxing Association 1924[3] and 1925[4] middleweight title, when boxing out of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.[5]
At some point following his Olympic appearance, Elliott emigrated to Australia. On 8 April 1941, a year-and-a-half after the outbreak of the Second World War, he enlisted in the Australian Army in Paddington, New South Wales, giving his residence as Sydney.[6] He was discharged as a staff sergeant in 1943 and became a war correspondent.[6] On 3 July 1945, while covering the invasion of Balikpapan with fellow journalist William Smith, Elliott went ahead of the advancing Australian troops; a Bren gunner, believing them to be Japanese troops, shot and killed them both.[7][8]
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