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ELLENS, James
(Service number 8/1461)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	8 April 1894	Place of Birth	North Island, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	1 November 1915	Age	20
Address at Enlistment	Hokonui, Southland, New Zealand
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	J.H. Ellens (Father), 15 Charles Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Varicolle (very slight enlargement of the plexus in the srotum). Healed scar '3x1' inches, outer side of right leg near ankle. Fit for service.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	3rd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Otago Infantry Battalion
Date	14 February 1915
Transport	Maunganui, or Tahiti or Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Alexandria, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

11 August 1915 - disembarked to Hospital, Alexandria - Enteric fever (Typhoid).

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	13 August 1915	Age	20
Place of Death	Egypt
Cause	Died of disease (Typhoid)
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Alexandria (Chatby) Military And War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Memorial Reference	J. 75.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of James Henry and Sophia Ellens of Featherston, New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [9/9/2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. 217 8236 90387 354 2804) [11/11/2013];

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Researched and Written by

Patrina Buchanan

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