Richard Ellis

Forenames

Richard AWMM

Surname

Ellis AWMM

Service number

800856 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mahoenui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mr L. Ellis (father), Rutland Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 21 Feb 1944-31 Mar 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

800856 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Mooltan or Willem Ruys AWMM Private AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM

Richard Ellis was the son of Leslie Ellis and of Mary Ellis (nee Smith), of Herekino, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

15 Oct 1944 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Cesena War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I, F, 1. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum AWMM
• Kawakawa Memorial Library, now Kawakawa Museum, Memorial Plaque WW2 AWMM
• Kawakawa District War Memorial, Kawakawa and Districts War Memorial Domain AWMM
• 29 Albert Street, Kawakawa, Bay of Islands AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
  http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• Kawakawa Memorial Library Centre, Wynard Street, Kawakawa, Northland, New Zealand
  http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3128
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1713382
  Sources Used
• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 13: WW2 37
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.