William Thomas ELLIS MID

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ELLIS, William Thomas

Service Number:	1033
Enlisted:	25 September 1914, G Company
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Imperial Camel Corps
Born:	Westminster, London, England , July 1889
Home Town:	King Island, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia , 28 February 1981, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Tasmania (Hobart) Garden of Remembrance

World War 1 Service

25 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1033, 15th Infantry Battalion, G Company
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 1033, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 1033, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1033, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, General shrapnel wound to right chest, right lung and chin.
24 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, Imperial Camel Corps
10 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, Imperial Camel Corps , 1st Battalion, ICC
1 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Imperial Camel Corps
19 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1033, Imperial Camel Corps , General shrapnel wound causing fracture of left elbow, admitted to hospital. Initially listed as MIA. Subsequently returned to Australia for change.
4 May 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Imperial Camel Corps , 1st ANZAC Camel Battalion
28 Jun 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Mentioned in despatch of General Sir Archibald Murray, published in London Gazette number 30391 on 20 November 1917.
11 Jul 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1033, Imperial Camel Corps , Embarked aboard HMAT "Port Sydney" for return home to Australia.
2 Mar 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1033, Imperial Camel Corps , Appointment terminated, discharged medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Karan CAMPBELL-DAVIS

William Thomas ELLIS married Gertrude Christina McGUIRE in Tasmania, in approximately late 1917. Gertrude passed away on 8th December 1928, aged 36 (per death notice in "The Mercury" of 10th December 1928).

William received the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, and was mentioned in despatches for his service in WW1.

Following the end of the War, he was on the Reserve of Officers list, before joining the Militia in which he served as a Warrant Officer Class 2 in the Australian Instructional Corps in 1921 (per Commonwealth of Australia Gazette of 8 December 1921). He went on to become part of the "12th Mixed Brigade" in Tasmania, according to records held by the National Archives of Australia which are not yet digitised.

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