Percy Augustine ELLIS

ELLIS, Percy Augustine

Service Number: 1736
Enlisted: 18 December 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
Born: Mortlake, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town: Mortlake, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Tuberculosis, Caulfield Military Hospital, Caulfield, Victoria, 7 April 1925
Cemetery: Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria
Roman Catholic W 123
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Shire of Mortlake War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

18 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1
20 Mar 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1736, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
20 Mar 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1736, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne

Percy's War.

Percy Ellis enlisted in 1914 and served with the 14th Battalion. He was wounded in the thigh in August 1915 while at Anzac Cove. He returned to service and went on to France.

In August 1916 at Pozieres, France he was buried in a shell explosion which killed his brother Abel Ellis (SN3976A 14th Btn). He was wounded again in October 1916.

On April 11th 1917 he was wounded and captured at the First Battle of Bullecourt and remained a POW until he was repatriated to England on 07/012/18.

He returned to Australia in March 1919, married in 1921 and died in 1925.

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Biography

Percy had 3 brothers who served.
Abel Ellis SN 3976A 14th Btn
Thomas Herbet Ellis SN 2349 7th Btn
William Donald Ellis SN 7479 6th Btn