Ellis Silas b. c.1884

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  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, illustrator and author, Ellis Silas was awarded DCM during the World War I.
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painter, illustrator and author, wrote and illustrated Crusading at Anzac (London 1916) and A Primitive Arcadia: being the Impressions of an Artist in Papua (1926). Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal during WWI. Painted pictures of the Gallipoli campaign for the Australian War Memorial.

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Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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References [<ExternalResource: Moore, W (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art', Sydney, NSW P: Angus & Robertson, *facsimile reprint 1980.>, <ExternalResource: McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art', 2nd edn, Melbourne, Victoria.>, <ExternalResource: 'World War I Personnel Records : B2455', Canberra, ACT : National Archives of Australia.>] [<ExternalResource: Moore, W (1934), 'The Story of Australian Art', Sydney, NSW P: Angus & Robertson, *facsimile reprint 1980.>]