Abel ELLIS

ELLIS, Abel

    Service Numbers: 3976, 3976A
    Enlisted: 5 March 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Mortlake, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Mortlake, Moyne, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 8 August 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    5 Mar 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1
    23 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3976, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    23 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3976, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    8 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3976A, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3976A awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-08

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    Biography

     

    Abel has 3 brothers who served.
    Percival Augustine Ellis SN 1736 14th Btn.
    Thomas Herbert Ellis SN 2349 7th Btn.
    William Donald Ellis SN 7479 6th Btn

    Percy and Abel were buried in a shell explosion while in the support lines at Pozieres on the night of 7 / 8 August 1916. Percy was dug out alive, Abel was killed and was reported as being buried at the rear of the trench. These details are from Red Cross files.

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