LLANSILIN - WALES
St Silin's Church & Memorial Hall
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Gunner John ELLIS 2029
Awarded Military Medal Born: Yanygraig, Rhydyoraesau,, North Wales Enlisted: 29-9-1915, Brisbane, Queensland 2nd Light Horse Regiment transferred to 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade on arrival in Egypt Killed in Action: 3-11-1918, France aged 24years Resting: Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau, Nord Pas de Calais, France Son of Evan and Elizabeth Ellis Husband of Tryphena Jane Ellis, of Clarke's Bridge, Laidley, Queensland. Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 16 Military Medal
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on our positions opposite DERNANCOURT and ALBERT on 5th April 1918. He went out without hesitation under heavy shell fire to mend telephone wires that had been cut. Communication on his line was constantly maintained exc ept during a period when the line was cut by shell fire faster than it could be repaired. During this period Gunner ELLIS acted as runner between the 41st Battery through 42nd Battery at a critical period – when telephone lines from Group Headquarters to the former Battery were out of action” |
Queensland Pictorial 25-3-1916
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Photos: Berenice Baynham