JELLIS T.G.

Given Names:  Thomas Grant

Service Number:  1799

Unit:  9th Light Horse Regiment, 13th reinforcements                                                        

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number:  181990

Age:  23 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Watchmaker                                                                                               

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Congregational

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION     

Height:  5 Ft  9 In                     

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33-35½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  17/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  William Benjamin Jellis

3 Brougham Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                     

Embarkation Date:  11/1/1916

Port:  Adelaide 

Ship:  HMAT Borda A30

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ayrshire

Embarked:  20/4/1919                                

Disembarked:  1/6/1919

Unit:  1st Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                      

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:                                        

Place: 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  Awarded

Victory Medal:  Awarded

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:    1891

Place:  Kew, Victoria                                

Father:  William Benjamin JELLIS             

Mother:  Mary Ann Eliza BETTLES

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Coral Olivete WILSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 31/3/1962                          

Place: Chadstone, Victoria                       

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Trinity Grammar

Kew Independent Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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