ELLIS, Herbert John
| Service Numbers: | 2840, 130 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Middleton, South Australia, 12 October 1882 |
| Home Town: | Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Middleton Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness (enteric fever), Alexandria, Egypt, 7 August 1915, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Middleton Soldiers Memorial Garden, Rosewater War Memorial, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1 |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 2840, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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| 1 Jan 1902: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2840, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
Peacetime
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Oct 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 130, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 130, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 15 May 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Trooper, 130, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 130 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-08-07 |
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Herbert John ELLIS 1881 - 1915
Herbert John Ellis was the eldest son of Arthur and Margaret Jane ELLIS, Mount Nichol Terrace, Rosewater, South Australia and one of three sons they lost during WW1. Originally from Middleton on the south Fleurieu coast, the family had re-located to Rosewater near Port Adelaide by 1914.
Herbert had seen service in the South African War and thus enlisted in the Light Horse when war broke out in August 1914. He was assigned to the 3rd Light Horse Regiment and embarked with them on 22 October.
The Light Horse was deployed to Gallipoli minus their horses. By the late summer of 1915, the living conditions, poor sanitation and hygiene induced by the number of dead bodies and improvised latrines led to an outbreak of enteric fever, or typhoid, and by August it was inflicting more casualties than the Turks. Herbert was evacuated to Alexandria but died in hospital on 7th August. Little did the family realise he would not be the last of the three boys to fall.
"ELLIS.- In loving memory of our dear son and brother, No 130, Private Herbert Ellis, who died in Alexandria, August 7, 1915.
A precious one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is still
A vacant place is in our home,
Which never can be filled.
-Inserted by his loving father, mother, brothers, and sisters, Rosewater." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 10 Aug 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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