ELLIS, Arthur Alfred Burdon
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Army Service Corps
Service:
Army
Service Number:
191508
Born:
Sunday, April 24, 1910
Birthplace:
Quetta, India (now Pakistan)
Died :
Thursday, September 2, 1943
Age:
33
Cemetery/Memorial:
Captain Ellis was reported missing 26 August 1943 during early Italian beach reconnaissance at Bova Marina, later confirmed as dying of wounds whilst a prisoner of war in German hands. Commissioned into the Indian Army 1 April 1931. Joined No.3 Commando 12 February 1943. Son of Colonel A. C. Ellis, C.B.E., and of Mabel C. Ellis (nee Dwyer); husband of Kathleen Adele Ellis (nee Gahan). M.R.C.V.S.
Sources
CWGC.
CWGC.
British India Office Births & Baptisms.
London Gazette 33740, page 5028
No.3 Commando War Diary Field Return of Officers 7 Aug.'43.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/5 (3 reports).
ROH in Commando-Memoirs of a Fighting Commando in WW2 by Brig Durnford-Slater.
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Photo of grave in Gallery:
Yes
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