Owen John ELLIS MID

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ELLIS, Owen John

Service Number:	1937
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Carnarvon, North Wales, 1894
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye Sp. Mem. 22. Inscription - IN MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Johnston's Jolly Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1937, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
17 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1937, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

7th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Killed in action aged 21.

His brother also fell; he was Private Joseph Morris Ellis, aged 26, Service Number 26849 who fell whilst serving with the 1st Bn. King's Shropshire Light Infantry on 21/03/1918

They were sons of Joseph Morris Ellis and Martha Ellis, of 18, Palace St., Carnarvon, North Wales.

The brothers are remembered together on the Carnarvon War Memorial.

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