His story
He served as a sergeant in the Army Veterinary Corps, under service number SE/12802. He was attached to D Battery, 121st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
He died on 20 April 1918, aged 36. He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. His recorded grave or panel reference is XXVI. GG. 2A.
The Lijssenthoek Visitor Centre’s record gives Melbourne, Australia, as his birthplace and Woolwich as his place of enlistment.
Before the war
Military service
- Rank recorded
- Sergeant
- Service number
- SE/12802
- Corps or service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- Attachment
- D Battery, 121st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Death and burial
- Date of death
- 20 April 1918
- Age
- 36
- Cemetery or memorial
- Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
- Grave reference
- XXVI. GG. 2A.
Connected men
- Harry GLASSPOOLAlso buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
- Alexander SMITHAlso buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
- Thomas Zachary WOODSAlso buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- Lijssenthoek Visitor Centre: John Ellis, victim record 11815
- Research record number: 318
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “John Ellis”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/ellis-john-se-12802/.
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