Clarence Norman Ellery

Service number: 2555

Rank: Private

Unit: 39th Battalion

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Source: National Archives of Australia

Clarence Ellery was born at the Spit in 1886. He was a labourer prior to enlisting, and his next of kin was his wife Prudence, of Sydney Road, Balgowlah. He enlisted on 15 September 1916, aged 30.

He embarked on the Benallaon 9 November 1916, and served with the 39th Battalion. He was hospitalized with an old injury in June 1917, and wounded in action on 4 October 1917. He returned to Australia on the Orca on 19 February 1919.