George Washington Ellsworth (SN 440) was born in Sebastopol, was educated at Redan State School and enlisted on 2nd March 1916. He was an unmarried, 24 year old farm labourer. He was posted to the 39th Infantry Battalion and appointed Lance Corporal after he had been in the trenches in France for some time. His unit was rotated between the rear areas and the front line trenches for five months during the awful winter of 1916-17. He was hospitalised with a fever and evacuated to UK. He returned to the trenches on the 5th May 1918. On July 28th 1918 his body was found away from the battalion area with a gunshot wound to the neck. A court of enquiry returned the verdict that he had died by his own hand, but could not state whether it was by accident or not. He is buried at Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France and was 26 years of age.

His brother Percy also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his surname as Elsworth.