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Military service
Service number:
421121
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
April 19, 1887
Kinross, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 16, 1915
Shorncliffe, England
Death:
March 31, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of David and Catherine Scott Ellis, of Kinrossshire, Scotland. Brother of David Ellis Jr.
Digital gallery of Private Donald Scott Ellis
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Roll of Honour
Pte. Donald Scott Ellis was included on The Royal Trust Company 1914 - 1918 Roll of Honour. He indicated on his military attestation that he was an Accountant. The Royal Trust Company was established in Montreal in 1899 and by 1914 had branches across Canada. Image source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
Inscription on Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial
Photo courtesy of Sandi Neufeld. -
The Menin Gate
Photo courtesy of Sandi Neufeld. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Menin Gate - May 2019 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women of London, Ontario (and area) who went to war and did not come home. Remembered on the pages of the World War One issues of the London Advertiser. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Donald Scott Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private Donald Scott Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private Donald Scott Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private Donald Scott Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private Donald Scott Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private Donald Scott Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private Donald Scott Ellis
Digital gallery of
Private Donald Scott Ellis
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 82 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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