BORN HULL 1891. SON OF WILLIAM SISSONS (1835-1896) & ARABELLA ELLIS (1850-1937) – 53 HARDY STREET, HULL & 22 , CRANBOURNE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). AN OIL TRADE CLERK. EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, ON 22/07/1907. WORKED AS A FARM HAND. LIVED AT 11 GALDSTONE STREET, EAST PERTH (PROBATE ADDRESS) HE ENLISTED AT MERRIDEN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, ON 20/02/1915, AGED 23 YEARS AND 6 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 140 LBS WEIGHT, 36.5 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, DARK HAIR, SCAR ON RIGHT THIGHT THIGH AND KNEE. SERVED WITH THE 28TH AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE. EMBARKED FOR GALLIPOLI, ON 04/09/1915. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 21/03/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/07/1916, AGED 25. COMMEMORATED ON THE VILLERS BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, ARABELLA, IN HULL.HE ALSO LEFT £263 TO HER IN HIS WILL
Sissons, John Ellis
First name:
JOHN ELLIS
Military Number:
158
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/07/1916
Place died:
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
25
22 , CRANBOURNE STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
