George Edward Carter ELLEN

Regimental number47129
OccupationBlacksmith
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Ellen, Staveley via Ashburton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 84 Turakina on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 31 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No 15), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Valentine and Elizabeth A. Ellen, Staveley; Wife: Gertrude L. Ellen, Chertsey, South Canterbury
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 7/1225 Frederick Charles Horace ELLEN; 27251 John Thomas Jabez ELLEN
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 29

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