422379 Flight Sergeant Charles Raymond (1/8/1922-11/6/1944) and 414269 Flight Lieutenant George Ivan (13/4/1915-20/4/1943) Ellis. "duty nobly done"

Charles Ellis was trained for the Air Force in New Zealand, Canada and Britain. He was posted to 228 Squadron, flying the four-engined Sunderland flying boat on anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic Ocean. He and his crew failed to return from a patrol over the Bay of Biscay. German radio reported the next day that two Sunderlands were shot down on June 11.

George Ellis was trained in New Zealand and Britain and flew night bombers over Europe. Graduating from the twin-engined Wellington to the four-engined Stirling he completed 24 missions before his last - to Rostock in Germany.  He and his crew were shot down by a German night fighter over the North Sea, off the coast of Denmark.

ROLL OF HONOUR

ELLlS — Killed on air operations, April 20, 1943. George Ivan, dearly loved third son of Mr and Mrs C. R. Ellis, 11 Andrew St., Timaru, in his 29th year. His Duty Nobly Done.  -Timaru Herald, 22/12/1943.

Timaru Cemetery.