ELLIS, John Goodall
(Service number 18400)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 02/08/1895 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Otekaike | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs J. H. ELLIS (mother), Otekaieke, North Otago | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 20th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 December 1916 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 22 November 1961 | Age | 66 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
John Goodall Ellis was the eldest of the six sons of John Holmes and Elizabeth Mary (née Sullivan) Ellis. He was educated at Timaru Main and Timaru South schools, transferring to Otiake and Otekaike in North Otago at the age of 13, and from there to Woolston in Christchurch. John married Hilda Annie Schumacher in 1924. The Methodist Church of Timaru placed a handsome window in the Bank Street Church as a memorial for the war victims of the congregations. Apart from the names of the fallen appearing on the window, the names of all who served were inscribed in a book which was to be preserved in the Church. Included in the names was that of John Ellis.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 March 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [31 March 2020]; School Admission records [31 March 2020]; Timaru Herald, 5 July 1922 (Papers Past) [24 March 2020]
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