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Herbert John ELLIS

Regimental number130
Date of birth12 October 1881
Place of birthMiddleton, South Australia
SchoolMiddleton Public School, South Australia
ReligionCongregational
OccupationLabourer
AddressM'Nicol Terrace, Rosewater, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Next of kinFather, Arthur Ellis, McNicol Terrace, Rosewater, Port Adelaide
Previous military serviceServed in the South African War.
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of disease 7 August 1915
Place of death or woundingAlexandria, Egypt
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row J, Grave No. 186), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
3
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Margaret Jane ELLIS, Mount Nichol Terrace, Rosewater, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 500 Pte Fred Bertram ELLIS, Imperial Camel Brigade, killed in action, 28 March 1918; 589 Lance Corporal Harold Percy ELLIS, 12th Bn, killed in action, 25 July 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Contracted illness; died at Alexandria, Egypt.

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