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Victor Ernest ELLEMENT

Regimental number4803
Place of birthGeelong, Victoria
SchoolGeelong West, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFrench polisher
AddressCoogee PO, Coogee, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, C J Ellement, Holland Street, East Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date29 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWorked as a Frenchpolisher before the start of the war.
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death27.2
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBoisguillaume Communal Cemetery Extension (Row B, Grave No. 25B), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
145
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Joseph and Mary Ann ELLEMENT, 209 Wolland Street, Fremantle, Western Australia. Native of Geelong, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: Cpl Ernie Harris, killed.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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