Thomas Elevious ELLEFSEN

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ELLEFSEN, Thomas Elevious

Service Number:	1331
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yarram, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 28, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Yarram WW1 War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1331, 7th Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Victoria
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1331, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Killed at North Beach landing site
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1331, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Ellefsen and Elise Christina Ellefsen nee Matisen of Farm Cottage, Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria, later of West Alberton, Gippsland. Brother of Esther Ellefsen, Marie Hilda S. Ellefsen and Olga C. Louisa Ellefsen

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Commemorated on his parent's grave at Yarram Cemetery, Vic.

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