Lance Corporal John Albert Joseph Ellison
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Ellison,
John Albert Joseph
Date of birth: 1893-11-05
Place of birth: Birkenhead Cheshire England
Next of kin: Maude Ellison, mother. 61 Church Street, Birkenhead, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Farmer
Occupation (normalized): General Farmer
Address:
Kingston Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), IV. C. 13.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 59296
Highest Rank:
Lance Corporal
(21st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Lance Corporal, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-11-13 to 1917-04-09
- Private, 21st Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-11-07 to 1916-11-13
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded November 25, 1915, KIA at Vimy Ridge
Commemoration location: http://21stbattalion.ca/tributedg/ellison_ja.html
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 297133
LAC ID:
378792
Service file: B2890-S046
Uploader's Notes: Son of John Ellison and Eliza Maude Ellison (nee Semmens) of Birkenhead England. John Ellison was Christened 31 Dec 1893 in Tranmere Cheshire England In 1901 he lived with his parents and 1 brother and 3 sisters On 18 Feb 1904 now age 10 John left Liverpool by the Bavarian arriving in Halifax Nova Scotia on 27 Feb 1904. John Ellison was sent by Mrs Birt of the Liverpool Sheltering Home with final destination Knowlton. Quebec. In 1911 18 year old John Ellison is employed as a Domestic in the home Donald Morrison in Lochiel Glengarry Ontario . I feel John Ellison joined a Glengarry Company of the Ottawa Headquartered 43rd Regiment of The Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles and was on Exercises with them in Kingston in the fall of 1914 and given temporary Service Number 859. The 21st Eastern Ontario Canadian Infantry Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 at Kingston Ontario and John Ellison joined them on their start up date of 7 November 1914. On 6 May 1915 Private Ellison and other original 21st Battalion sail for England from Montreal. On 15 September 1915 Pte Ellison is in France on his way to St Omer. On 13 Nov 1916 Pte Ellison is promoted to Lance Corporal. On 9 April 1917 former Home Child L/Cpl John Ellison is killed during an attack on Vimy Ridge.
Uploader's Research notes:
Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database
For more details see his memorial page on the 21st Battalion CEF web site
[Private Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion H Company Lance-Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 21st Battalion D Company ]ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-05-09