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Sgt. James Ellis
Australian Imperial Forces 39th Battalion, D Coy.
from:Ballarat, Victoria
James Ellis enlisted on 14th of March 1916 in Ballarat, Victoria. After sailing from Melbourne on 27th of May 1916 he arrived in Britain on 18th of July 1916. After 4 months training he crossed to France in late November to the Western Front trenches in the winter of 1916 in Battles of Messines, Passchensaele and Amiens. He suffered a Gun Shot Wound to his right forearm and was invalided to 1st Southern General Hospital (Monyhull Section) in Birmingham. He received the British War Medal and Victory Medal and returned to Australia and married in January 1919 and had two children.

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