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KELLY, Ronald James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX72313 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Beech Forest, Victoria, Australia , 5 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Erica, Baw Baw, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timber Faller/Worker |
| Died: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1 August 2004, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX72313 | |
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| 25 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX72313 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ian Fox
Ronald James Kelly was born in 1921 in Beech Forest, where his father Thomas, was employed as a teamster. In 1939 Australia was at war and in 1942 when Ronald was 20 years of age he enlisted in the Army and after serving for four years he was discharged in 1946.
He married Betty May Baker in 1947 in Victoria and they had three children during their marriage. He died in 2004 in Colac, Victoria, at the age of 82.
[Source: Colac Family History Project/WW2 Honour Roll]
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