Soldier profiles
Name : ELLIS, ANDREW BROWN ALEXANDER
Service Number : VX120718
Date of Birth : 30/12/1923
Place of Birth : BENALLA, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment : HORSE BREAKER
Date of Enlistment : 14/12/1942
Locality on Enlistment : GOORAMBAT, VIC
Place of Enlistment : WATSONIA, VIC
Next of Kin : ELLIS, M
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SAPPER
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/6 FIELD COMPANY
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War :
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 20/09/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6107786 [DIGITISED]), WW2 Nominal Roll
Background :
Service & personal summary At enlistment : single. V322111 Private with 2 Infantry Training Battalion previous military experience. At discharge : height 5 feet 9.5 inches, brown eyes, fair complexion, brown hair. Marital status : single. Children : no. Marks / scars : 2 inch scar over right eyebrow Full time war service : C.M.F. 09/04/1942 to 13/12/1942 & A.I.F. 14/12/1942 to 20/09/1946 which included 1626 days active service (1147 days within Australia & 474 days overseas). Operational service : New Guinea area (embarked from Australia 25/07/1943, disembarked in Australia 16/02/1944) and Borneo area (embarked from Australia 23/05/1945, disembarked in Australia 13/02/1946). War badge no. 322762. Discharge certificate no. 556741.
