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Albert Francis Ellis

In memory of:

Private Albert Francis Ellis

September 4, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

472078

Age:

30

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

January 28, 1886
Montreal, Quebec

Enlistment:

June 28, 1915
Wadena, Saskatchewan

Son of Albert and Mary Ellis, of Montreal; husband of Kathleen Mary Headington (formerly Ellis), of Kamsack, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 82 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. C. 21.

Location:

Contalmaison is a village in the Department of the Somme, 6 kilometres east-north-east of Albert. The Sunken Road, from which the cemetery is named, is part of the Contalmaison-Pozieres road, and the cemetery lies a little east of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Albert Francis Ellis– Photo of Albert Francis Ellis in uniform.
  • Photo of Albert Francis Ellis– Albert Francis Ellis and an unknown soldier.  During geno research, the unknown soldier may be A. F. Ellis' younger brother, Avelyn De Courtenay Ellis.  This has to be confirmed.

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