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KELSALL, John Frederick

Service Number:	126
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Regimental Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	9th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, 1 August 1890
Home Town:	New Farm, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Natural causes, Wooloowin, Queensland, Australia, 26 September 1958, aged 68 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 126, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 126, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 126, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 126, ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 May 1915:	Wounded Private, 126, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
7 Mar 1918:	Wounded Regimental Sergeant Major, 126, 9th Infantry Battalion, 2nd occasion (gas)
24 Jan 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 126, 9th Infantry Battalion

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Biography

Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and also the French Medal of Honour with Swords, Gold (www.awm.gov.au)