KELLY, Francis Louis
| Service Number: | 3802 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Berwick, Victoria, Australia, 30 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Bendigo Grammar School, Bendigo School of Mines, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Teller |
| Died: | Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1944, aged 50 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 3802, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 25 May 1916: | Involvement 3802, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Involvement 3802, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked 3802, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
| 25 May 1916: | Embarked 3802, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
FRANCIS LOUIS KELLY was born on 30th July, 1893, at Berwick, Victoria, the son of Mr. Francis William Kelly and Mrs. Elsie Kelly. He was educated at the Grammar School and the School of Mines, Bendigo, Victoria. He joined the Bank’s service at Bendigo in March, 1910, and in March, 1915, he was promoted to teller.
Francis Louis Kelly enlisted at Bendigo on 17th May, 1915, and was attached to the Second Tunnelling Corps of the A.I.F. He was promoted to warrant officer, and was engaged in mining at Ypres and other parts of the front, until gassed at St. Eloi in August, 1917. He was then transferred to the 1st Division’s Headquarters, and was discharged on 25th April, 1918.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
KELLY.—On July 27, at his residence, 12 Hayes street, Neutral Bay, Francis Louis Kelly (late Bank of N.S.W..), dearly beloved husband of Eileen, and devoted and loving father of Frank (A.I.F.) and Margot (W.A.A.A.F.). —At rest.
Biography contributed by Larna Malone
Known as ‘Frank’, Francis Louis Kelly was born in Berwick, Vic, the son of Francis William and Elsie Kelly. The family later moved to Bendigo, where they lived at 232 Valentine St. Francis Louis was educated at the Grammar School and the School of Mines, Bendigo. He was employed as a Bank Clerk with the Bank of NSW.
He enlisted in Bendigo on July 17, 1915, aged 21 years and 11 months. He was described as being 5’ 7½” tall, with a fresh complexion, brown eyes and brown hair. He subscribed at Broadmeadows on 1st November, 1915, and was appointed to 16th Depot Battalion, with Service No. 3802. On 29.2.16 he was transferred to No. 5 Tunnelling Corps. He embarked for overseas on 25.5.16, with the rank of Staff Sergeant, (Acting) Quarter Master Sergeant.
When he enlisted he was not married and named his father as next-of-kin. This was amended before he embarked to name his Wife, Mrs Eileen G Kelly, of 83 Wills St Bendigo.
He embarked for France on 28.8.16, and joined the 2nd Tunnelling Company. In April, 1917, he was transferred to Base Depot, (1st Division HQ), and was promoted to Temporary Regimental QM Sgt in July. On 15.12.17 he embarked for England having been diagnosed with flat feet. On the same date he reverted to the rank of S/Sgt. He embarked for Australia on 30.1.18 to be discharged Medically Unfit. (Flat Feet)
“The Men Listed on the Roll of Honour, St John’s Presbyterian Church, Bendigo”: Larna Malone
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