ELLIS, William
| Service Number: | 1642 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, 20 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wickham Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Hatter |
| Died: | Concord Repatriation General Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 11 September 1954, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Ashes interred, Old Section Services AIF Panel F, #010, date unknown. |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1642, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1642, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1642, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 24 Apr 1921: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1642, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically discharged (wounding) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 44th name inscribed is Private William John Edward (Tom) Ellis.
On the 11th September 1954, Private William John Edward (Tom) Ellis, 55th Battalion (Reg No-1642), hatter (Back Creek Colliery), from Back Creek, Minmi, New South Wales and possibly Cecilia Street, Belmore, N.S.W., father of three (Reg, Natalie, John), died at the Concord Repatriation General Hospital, N.S.W., age 62 years 7 months.
ELLIS, William Tom, Death notice, 11 SEP 1954, death at Concord, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 SEP 1954.
No funeral notice located.
Ashes interred Woronora Memorial Park, N.S.W. Old Section Services AIF Panel F, #010, date unknown.
Born at Minmi, New South Wales on the 20th January 1891 to Charles Augustus, died 13.7.1940, Paddington, N.S.W., age 76, buried at Minmi Cemetery, Left Hand Side, Section 10, Plot 040, no funeral or death notice located, from 21 Lewis Street, Islington, N.S.W., and Betsy (Elizabeth) Ellis nee Ball, died 20.12.1932, Redfern, N.S.W., as Betsy, age 63, sleeping at Minmi Cemetery, Left Hand Side, Section 10, Plot 040; husband of Edith Rose? Ellis nee O'Connor, married 1920, Paddington, N.S.W., age 64?, died 1964?
William enlisted on the 8th February 1916 with the 35th Battalion, age 25 years, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 9.7.1916.
Taken on Strength 55th Battalion 9.9.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 9.9.1916.
Admitted to hospital 11.11.1916 (scabies and dermatitis), 25.1.1917 (eczema)
Wounded in action - 2.4.1917 (GSW left leg, mild), 1.9.1918 (GSW right arm).
Granted furlough in England from 4.6.1917 to 19.6.1917.
Invalided to England 5.9.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 18.1.1919.
William arrived home on the 4th March 1919, not being discharged until the 24th April 1921.
Officially commemorated at Woronora Crematorium, N.S.W. - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
William’s name has also been inscribed on the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour, unveiled on the 27th July 1918, 263 names originally inscribed, 326 names now inscribed, 48 Fallen, installed at the Newcastle Interchange, 2017.
I would like to see poppies placed at William’s plaque in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.
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