Stephen ELLERY

Stephen ELLERY Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	1550
Enlisted:	22 July 1915, Dubbo
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF
Born:	Barry, New South Wales, Australia, 27 September 1891
Home Town:	Shaw, Blayney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Barry Public School and Neville Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 9 August 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blayney Methodist Church Roll of Honor, Blayney Pictorial Honour Roll No 1, Blayney War Memorial Gates, Cobar Canbelego (Anglican) Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

22 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Dubbo
23 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 1550, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
23 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 1550, 1st Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
11 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column
27 Jul 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF
9 Aug 1916:	Involvement Gunner, 1550, 2nd Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1550 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-08-09

Help us honour Stephen Ellery's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.