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Edgar James ELLIS

Regimental number13040
Place of birthLondon England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressBrown Hill, Ballarat, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs Laura May Ellis, Post Office Brown Hill, Ballarat, Victoria
Enlistment date31 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameField Ambulance 10
AWM Embarkation Roll number26/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Medical Corps
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 14 July 1917

FateReturned to Australia 10 January 1918
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal

'On the night 12th/13th July, 1917, at 2 a.m. near MESSINES this N.C.O. was in charge of squad of stretcher bearers. Under heavy shell fire he guided his party forward to an advanced Regimental Aid Post and returned with an urgent stretcher case. Owing to the state of the trenches, the party were forced to proceed overland, in open country, for a distance of a mile, being under shell fire the whole time. No casualties were suffered by the party on either trip and this was mainly due to the resource and skilful leadership of Lance Corporal ELLIS. He displayed a total disregard for personal safety and animated and sustained his men under trying circumstances; showing throughout a most praiseworthy coolness of manner and judgment and an extreme devotion to duty. He has been noticed before for conspicuous services rendered under fire, notably, when attached to a Regimental Aid Post as a Stretcher Bearer during the Battle of MESSINES and in a similar capacity at WILLOW WALK Regimental Aid Post in the HOUPLINES SECTOR.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 9
Date: 24 January 1918

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death3 October 1965
Age at death79
Place of burialBallarat (New) Cemetery, Victoria

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