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Barnett Edward ELLICE

Regimental number5836
Place of birthBroome, Western Australia
SchoolState School, Western Australia
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
AddressBayswater, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Henry Arthur James Ellice, Garnett Road, Bayswater, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets
Enlistment date15 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 30 October 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll5836a
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"Deceased Grandfather, Late Cpl Henry Edward Ellice, 19th Hussars and Indian Military. Deceased uncle, Late Major General Charles Ellice Late of Eaton Place, London, England.
FateDied of wounds 27 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death18.7
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialMont Huon Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row O, Grave No. 6B), Le Treport, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
62
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur James Ray and Henrietta Maud ELLICE, Garratt Road, Bayswater, Western Australia. Native of Broome, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: William Charles served in the 10th Light Horse from September, 1915 to January, 1919 when discharged through illness. His father served in 11th Battalion and was in France at the time of his death and burried him at Le Treport, France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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