James Joseph KELAHER

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Service Number:	1053
Enlisted:	7 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, 1877
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Patrician Brothers’ School, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk of Petty sessions
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 22 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst Citizens who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice Honour Roll, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Orange & District 1914-1918 Addendum Honour Roll, Orange St. Joseph's Church Roll of Honor

7 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1053, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1053, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1053, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
22 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1053, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1053 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-22

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