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Full Name: Private Thomas Ellis
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Thomas
Surname: Ellis
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 8/2424
First Known Rank: Private
Next of Kin: J. Ellis (father), Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Mosgiel, New Zealand
Military District: Otago
Body on Embarkation: 5th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit: Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date: 13 June 1915
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:
Vessel: Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima
Destination: Suez, Egypt (24 July - 6 August 1915)
Page on Nominal Roll: 214
Last Unit Served: Otago Infantry Battalion
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death: 20 August 1915
Year of Death: 1915
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Description of Image: Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Further References: Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
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