ELLIS, John Cooper
| Service Number: | 2173 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, Bathurst, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Wellington, England, 15 August 1877 |
| Home Town: | Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 February 1917, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2173, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Bathurst, New South Wales | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2173, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2173, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 21 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2173, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line |
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Husband of Elizabeth ELLIS of John Street, Lidcombe, NSW
"...2173 Private John Cooper Ellis, 45th Battalion of Lidcombe, NSW. A butcher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 22 August 1916. On 21 February 1917, while on patrol at Gueudecourt, France, he was in killed action, aged 39. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
PRIVATE JACK ELLIS
During the week Mrs. Ellis, the young wife of Private John Cooper Ellis, who, resides with her mother, Mrs. Greatorix, John and Keating streets, Lidcombe, received word that he was killed in action on 21st February in France. He left for the front on 22nd August last and went to England. The last letter received by Mrs. Ellis from him was dated 6th January this year. He was then in Hurdcott Camp, and was about to leave for France. He was a native of the old country and he had visited his people in Manchester. He was 39 years of age and belonged to the 45th Battalion. Strange to relate he enlisted on the second anniversary of his wedding day (21st February) and was killed one the third anniversary.
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