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ELLIS, John Anthony
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX56699 |
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Enlisted: | 8 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Ordnance Stores Company |
Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 May 1920 |
Home Town: | Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Machinist |
Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 22 September 1943, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea Burial reference: - Plot B7. Row E. Grave 6. Personal inscription: - "DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED BY LOVING WIFE LAUREL" |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement NX56699 | |
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8 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX56699 | |
8 Sep 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 2nd/2nd Ordnance Stores Company |
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