Claude ELLINGHAM

Regimental number10/1476
Date of birth8 December 1891
Place of birthKaikoura, Hawke's Bay
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTally clerk
AddressPacific Hotel, Hastings
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 7"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinFather, Alfred Ellingham, Pacific Hotel, Hastings
Previous military serviceServed for 3.6 years in the Territorial Force; moved to Exempt Area. Not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date19 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 20), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs A. Ellingham, Hastings, Hawke's Bay
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn, Gallipoli, 9 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded 'Now believed to be dead'.

War service: 237 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21000599

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