English Māori Ellis Childs Born 13 March 1897 - Died 13 December 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 55423 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Detail, Pleasant Point War Memorial, South Canterbury (Photo Brian Davison, 2009) - No known copyrig … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesEllis AWMM SurnameChilds AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 55423 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth13 March 1897 AWMM New Zealand AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 1917 AWMM C/o A. Tozer, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationAlbert Childs (father), Pleasant Point, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 26 July 1917 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1914-1919 Western Front AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 55423 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsBritish War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM Victory Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 1917 AWMM Age 20 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 26 Jul 1917-24 September 1917 AWMM to Plymouth, Devon AWMM HMNZT 90 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 28th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHeight, Unknown Period AWMM 5 foot 7 inches AWMM Weight, Unknown Period AWMM 130 pounds AWMM Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Death About death Contribute › Death13 December 1917 AWMM Ypres, Belgium AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryPolygon Wood Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM D. 20. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial namePleasant Point War Memorial, South Canterbury AWMM Pleasant Point School War Memorial, South Canterbury AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Ellis Childs by laying a poppy. Edith Jessie Childs Edwin Arthur Childs Ellis Childs Ernest Charles Childs Frank Harold Childs Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Ellis Childs Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related Serviceperson Charles Childs Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21893829 Further Reference Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Pleasant Point War Memorial. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/pleasant-point-war-memorial Further Reference Are you a relative of this soldier and want to keep his memory alive? With the ‘Wood of Peace’ project you can plant a tree in his name in 2017 near Polygon Wood, Belgium. http://passchendaele2017.org/en/evenementen/vredesbos-polygoonbos/ Further Reference SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour) https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1200 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/480013/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/480013 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 69: 23 AWMM The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM HMNZT 90. Te karere : the message : H.M.N.Z.T. no. 90. [1917]. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
