Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Ellston, Henry Richard

Born 7^th September 1879 Hobart Tasmania the son of Henry and Susan Emily Ellston (nee Fynes) and married to Lillian May Silver, a clerk he embarked Melbourne 24^th August 1917 on board “HMAT Botanist” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He was killed in action 6^th May1917at Lagnicourt in France when he was hit in the head by machine gun fire. He is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux

The Soldiers Walk – Queens Domain Hobart

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Tasmanian War Casualties, Honouring the past, building understanding.