ELLIS, Owen John
Service Number: | 1937 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Carnarvon, North Wales, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Carpenter |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli, Türkiye Sp. Mem. 22. Inscription IN MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH , Johnston's Jolly Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
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: '' | |
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17 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1937, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography 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.