William George (Billy) ELLIS

ELLIS, William George

Service Number: NX153568
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/7th Australian Advanced Workshop
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 23 December 1923
Home Town: Hurlstone Park, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fitters Assistant
Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 February 1991, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
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World War 2 Service

Date unknown: Involvement Private, NX153568 , 2nd/7th Australian Advanced Workshop

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Biography contributed

William George Ellis (jnr) (1923-1991) of 356 Old Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park, NSW enlisted on 26 May 1943 in Toowoomba.  The Attestation form he sighed on that day has the following key numbers:  ARMY NO. N450138;  NX153568 an "For previous service see" N274547.  Incredibly, this last number refers to a Charles Rex Hugo.  In the documents held by the Australian Archives William George Ellis has signed a statutory declaration declaring that he had, infact,  originally enlisted under the assumed name of Hugo! 

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