Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
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Accession Number | PR04751 |
Collection type | Private Record |
Record type | Collection |
Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
Object type | Photograph, Postcard, Papers, Letter, Souvenir |
Maker |
Ellis, Walter Whyte Various |
Place made | Australia, Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli |
Date made | 1915-1916 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Ellis, Walter Whyte
Description
Collection relating to the First World War service of Major Walter Whyte Ellis who served with 13 Battalion, Gallipoli. Collection consists of letters and postcards by Ellis and others; photographs of Ellis's grave and a commemorative scroll. Major Ellis was killed in action on 3 May 1915 at Gallipoli. A small booklet for a Military Memorial Service conducted for the late Walter Whyte Ellis at St Peter's Church in Hamilton, NSW on 6 June 1915 was added to this collection in August 2012.