Source: War Diary 1915.
Family Search: When Captain Robert Gordon Elliott was born on 28 December 1889, in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, his father, Robert Elliott, was 41 and his mother, Julia McQueen, was 39. He married Mabel Isabel Wilson on 25 November 1920, in Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1914. In 1914, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as manufacturer in Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He died on 19 August 1969, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
For conspicuous gallantry in action. He maintained communication under very heavy fire. He worked ceaselessly for two days and nights with great courage and determination.
Source: The London Gazette. No. 29824. Page 11077. November 14, 1916.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 