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George ELLIS

Regimental number5685
Place of birthBlaenan, Festiniog (Quarry Districts), North Wales
SchoolManod British School, Wales
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationRailway porter
AddressChatsbury, Slate Quarry, Middle Arm Road, via Goulburn, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 7.5"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinFather, P Ellis, Pyrneilian, Blaenan, Festiniog, North Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll23 August 1915
Place of enlistmentDubbo, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'He was a good Musician and a fine Tenor singer. Won many a prize in a Welsh Eisteddfod.' (details from Father)
FateDied of wounds 18 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialEbblinghem Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
29
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Robert ELLIS, Bryn Eilian, Blaenau-Festiniog, Merioneth, Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 3 June 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 3 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 9 September 1916; joined 1st Bn, in the field, 24 September 1916.

Wounded in action, 5 November 1916 (gun shot wound, right shoulder),and admitted to 45th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to Ambulance Train No 7, 6 November 1916, and admitted to 22nd General Hospital, Camiers, 7 November 1916; transferred to England, 9 November 1916, and admitted to Norfolk War Hospital; transferred to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 22 November 1916 (wound: slight); discharged to No 4 Command Depot, Wareham, 15 December 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 2 February 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 9 September 1917.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 5 May 1917 (gun shot wound, left leg and chest); admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 6 May 1917; transferred to Ambulance Train No 4, 8 May 1917, and admitted to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 9 May 1917; transferred to England, 19 May 1917, and admitted to Reading War Hospital, 20 May 1917 (gun shot wound, left leg: severe); discharged on furlough, 10 August 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 24 August 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 October 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 4 November 1917.

Detached to 1st Brigade Musket School, 18 January 1918; rejoined Bn, 1 February 1918.

Wounded in action (third occasion), 17 April 1918; admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 18 April 1918, and transferred to 15th Casualty Clearing Station (gun shot wound, thigh, fractured right femur); gangrene).

Died of wounds, 18 April 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ELLIS George

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