Black and white photograph 23307 Pte William Henry Ellen, 1st Bn Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1916
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2001-03-194-2
Description
Black and white photograph 23307 Pte William Henry Ellen, 1st Bn Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1916. Contained in a pocket watch case. In 1912, aged 18, William left London bound for Wellington, recording his occupation as a farmer. Four years later he embarked with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade on 27 May 1916 destined for England. Ellen was killed in action on the Somme, 27 September 1916, and is recorded on the memorial to the missing at the Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Somme, France. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).
Events
Somme, Battle of the, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)
Associated collection
