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Walter Reuben Ellison

1886-1964

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37526

About

Born in Australia

9 June 1886
Parents

Mother

Georgina Sophia Ellison

Father

James Ellison

Settled in New Zealand

1909
Residence

Hometown

Whangamomona
Work

Occupation

Tunneller

Employer

Public Works Department
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 78

19 October 1964

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 74/0037854, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Walter Reuben Ellison (1886-1964)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/245

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