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John (Jack) William ELY (1914 - 1961)

grocer, milk bar proprieter

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Julian F ELY (1939 - 1958) John Laurence ELY (1942 - 2014) Living Living	John (Jack) William ELY (1914 - 1961) + Helen Dorothy ATKINSON (1913 - 1989)	William ELY (1885 - 1949)	John ELY (1841 - 1905)	John ELY (1808 - )
				Sarah HIGGINS BURKIN (1801 - )
			Mary Ann IRWIN (1851 - 1921)	William IRWIN
				Mary SMITH
		Emilia Wilhelmine HORN (1879 - 1934)	Heinrich August HORN (1857 - 1928)	Michael HORN
				Assra FIGUR
			Auguste Wilhelmine Fredericke SIEGMEIER (1857 - 1914)	Franz Heinrich Edward SIEGMEIER (1818 - 1892)
				Fredericke SASSENHAGEN (1818 - 1901)

b. 25 Jan 1914 at Nambour, Queensland, Australia

m. 1938 Helen Dorothy ATKINSON (1913 - 1989) at Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia

d. 1961 at Mackay, Queensland, Australia aged 47

Cause of Death:

suicide

Parents:

William ELY (1885 - 1949)

Emilia Wilhelmine HORN (1879 - 1934)

Children (4):

Julian F ELY (1939 - 1958)

John Laurence ELY (1942 - 2014)

Grandchildren (7):

Events in John (Jack) William ELY (1914 - 1961)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
25 Jan 1914		John (Jack) William ELY was born	Nambour, Queensland, Australia	Note 1
abt 03 Mar 1934	20	Death of mother Emilia Wilhelmine HORN (aged 55)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1934/B23512
1937	23	Residence	Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia	Miles St
1938	24	Married Helen Dorothy ATKINSON (aged 25)	Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia	1938/C4245
1939	25	Birth of son Julian F ELY	Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia
20 Oct 1942	28	Birth of son John Laurence ELY	Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia
1943	29	Residence	Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia	Miles St
07 Mar 1944	30	Military Service Enlist	Mackay, Queensland, Australia
27 Feb 1946	32	Military Service Discharge
1949	35	Death of father William ELY (aged 64)	Queensland, Australia	1949/C3013
1949	35	Residence	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	17 Symonds St
27 Dec 1958	44	Death of son Julian F ELY (aged 19)	Babinda, Queensland, Australia	1959/000201
1961	47	John (Jack) William ELY died	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	1961/5504 (Jack William)

Note 1: AIF Nominal Roll BDM 1914/C001588

Personal Notes:

Committed suicide after Julian's death. Maybe Helen blamed Jack. On a trip up north from Mackay they went to a swimming hole. The two boys (Julian and John) jumped in and the current took Julian under. He was wedged in and the body not recovered till later. Service Record Name ELY, JACK WILLIAM Service Australian Army Service Number QX60805 (Q304255) Date of Birth 25 Jan 1914 Place of Birth NAMBOUR, QLD Date of Enlistment 7 Mar 1944 Locality on Enlistment MACKAY, QLD Place of Enlistment KINSINGTON, NSW Next of Kin ELY, HELEN Date of Discharge 27 Feb 1946 Rank Private Posting at Discharge 117 AUST GEN TPT EMPANY WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display Prisoner of War No

Source References:

2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997

- Reference = 154 (Name, Notes)

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