Gallipoli Veteran’s gravesite now officially marked with a War Grave

Gallipoli Veteran, 300 CSM George Francis ELLEMOR, died in the Collie Hospital on the 2nd February 1942, he was buried in the Collie Cemetery on the 4th of February 1942, plot C72. Sadly the WW1 veteran lay in an unmarked grave for 81 years. In 2023 the gravesite was discovered and the Collie Cardiff RSL erected a temporary Cross in honour of the soldier. See Latest Newsletters - Gallipoli veteran’s grave unmarked no more – July 2023

In August 2023, on behalf of the elderly distant relative of George Ellemor, the Collie Cardiff RSL Sub Branch applied to the Dept of Veterans Affairs for an assessment of CSM Ellemor’s service records to ascertain whether he was eligible for an official cemetery commemoration. DVA approved the commemoration in July 2024 and on the 16th of October 2024 the gravesite was officially commemorated with a War Grave.

One of the aims and objectives of the RSL is to preserve the memory and records of those soldiers who have suffered and died for Australia, and in the case of 300 CSM George Francis Ellemor that objective has now been reached.

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                     'Lest we Forget’

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