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ELLISON, Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4699 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 April 1916, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 October 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Templeux-le-Guerard Communal Cemetery Extension Row C, Grave 43, Templeux-le-Guerard Communal Cemetery Extension, Templeux-le-Guerard, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4699, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 4 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4699, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Emabrked on HMAT 'A14' Euripides from Melbourne on 4th April 1916. | |
| 7 Oct 1918: |
Honoured
Military Medal, Pte. Joseph ELLISON 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on VILLE-SUR-ANCRE on the morning of 19th May 1918. This man was a stretcher bearer and displayed great bravery & fearlessness in attending to the wounded. He carried badly wounded men through heavy shell fire to the R.A.P. and in spite of enemy snipers, throughly searched the ground in front of the advanced posts, in order to make certain that all wounded men had been carried in." (Signed) C. ROSENTHAL Brigadier-General Commanding Second Australian Division |
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