Studio portrait of 1331 Private (Pte) Thomas Elevious Ellefsen 7th Battalion. A labourer from ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Anzac Area (Gallipoli), Anzac Beaches Area
Accession Number H05882
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Date made c 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 1331 Private (Pte) Thomas Elevious Ellefsen 7th Battalion. A labourer from Ballarat, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Ellefsen embarked with the 2nd Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Clan McGillivray on 2 February 1915. On 25 April 1915 he was killed during the Gallipoli landing and is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.