Alexander Joseph ELLIS

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ELLIS, Alexander Joseph

Service Numbers:	289, 289A
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Norwood, South Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Maitland, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Hamley Bridge Public School, South Australia
Occupation:	Fruit hawker
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 4 November 1916
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maitland War Memorial, Wasleys and District Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 289, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Morphettville, South Australia
22 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 289, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
22 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 289, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
9 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 289, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
13 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 32nd Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1916:	Wounded Private, 289A, 32nd Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, GSW (buttocks, left hand and legs)

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"THE LATE PRIVATE A. ELLIS.

Private Alexander Ellis, of Maitland, died of wounds received in France whilst in action. He was amongst the first to leave for the front. He served in Egypt, and afterwards on Gallipoli, where he contracted enteric fever. Later he was dispatched to England, where he remained 12 months gaining strength. He returned to the front on September 30. He was not long in the trenches before he was seriously wounded, and died in the Casualty Hospital on November 4. His death is a great blow to his sister, Mrs. J. Coffey, who lives at Maitland." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 25 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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