Henry
Andrew
Ellem
Born in Brunswick Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Brother of
Clarence E A Ellem, Cecil F Ellem, Ernest Clive Ellem, Harvey Eric Ellem, Rita Olive (Ellem) Campbell, Charles G Ellem, Roy Kester Ellem, Victor Edward Ellem and Raymond Ellem
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 23
in Tobruk, Libya
Profile last modified
| Created 18 May 2019
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Biography
Henry was born in 1922. He was the son of Ernest Ellem and Rachel Baker. He enlisted in the A.I.F. age 17 years after convincing the authorities he was 21 years old. He and his brother Roy Ellem were in the same unit deployed to Greece and Crete. After the evacuation from Crete and the repatriation of his brother Roy back to Australia. His unit was reformed and sent to the Western Desert to defend against Rommel's offensive before the siege of Tobruk. In 1941 he was wounded in a shell burst while on night patrol and survived for nine days with limbs amputations and was buried in the Tobruk War Cemetery. [1]
- ↑ Australia, World War II Military Service Records, 1939-1945, ELLEM HENRY ANDREW : Service Number - QX7487 : Date of birth - 01 Mar 1918 : Place of birth - BRUNSWICK HEADS NSW : Place of enlistment - KELVIN GROVE QLD : Next of Kin - ELLEM ERNEST, https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/627084
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
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~0.78%
Karen Johnson
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~0.78%
Glenn Manewell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Ashivah
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~0.78%
Bas Cotten :
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