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Thomas Buck ELLIS

Regimental number4182
Place of birthBroughty, Forfarshire, Scotland
Place of birthDundee, Scotland
Other NamesThomas Buick
SchoolGrove Academy, Broughty Terry, Forfarshire, Scotland
Other trainingDraughtsman
Age on arrival in Australia32
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDraughtsman
Address71 Railway Crescent, Williamstown, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 6.25"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs W Ellis, Camp Hill, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 August 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 29 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of wounds 20 December 1916
Place of death or woundingAlbert, France
Age at death40
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No. 20), Becordel-Becourt, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary ELLIS, Camphill Road, Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 1st Pioneer Bn, Serapeum, 17 March 1916.

Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 26 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 2 April 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 1 August 1916.

Wounded in action, and admitted to 1st Anzac Mounted Division Stationary Hospital, 20 December 1916 (shrapnel wound, left leg, left thigh, left arm, and head); left leg amputated below knee.

Died of wounds, 20 December 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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