Derek Lang KELLY

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Service Number:	NX77893
Enlisted:	10 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 16 August 1921
Home Town:	Belmore, Canterbury, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer / Boiler Maker's Apprentice
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 29 March 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery CWGC Grave Reference ~ Plot DD. Row D. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "MY SON" HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE...EVER REMEMBERED
Memorials:

10 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX77893, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX77893, 2nd/2nd Infantry Battalion

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