Ernest Roger KELLY

KELLY, Ernest Roger

Service Number: 7492
Enlisted: 12 February 1917, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 44th Infantry Battalion
Born: Fremantle, Western Australia, 1895
Home Town: North Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling: North Fremantle State School, Western Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Direct Hit By Shell, Hamel, France, 4 July 1918
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, North Fremantle Cenotaph, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

12 Feb 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7492, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA
29 Jun 1917: Involvement Private, 7492, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1917: Embarked Private, 7492, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Borda, Fremantle
4 Jul 1918: Involvement Private, 7492, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7492 awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-04

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Andrew and Mary Elizabeth Kelly of Harvest Road, North Fremantle, WA.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Junior Cadets