KELLY, Richard Bartholomew
| Service Number: | 3372 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yarraville, Victoria, Australia, July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Brunswick, Moreland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds, Military Hospital, Wandsworths, England, United Kingdom, 4 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot XI, Row F, Grave . 21 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3372, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3372, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 15 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3372, 14th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Ian Fletcher, Australia and NZ in WWI
3372 Pte. Richard Kelly, 14th Battalion A.I.F. another one of 'Jacka's Mob' buried here in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, UK.
Richard received a GSW to the head at Gueudecourt, France on the 6th February 1917 and was admitted to the 1st South Midlands CCS and later to the 3rd London General Hospital 25th February 1917, were he died on the 4th March 1917.
His older brother 5118. Pte. Edmund Kelly, 58th Battalion. died of wounds received in action 5 days later and now rests in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France.
Remembered and Not Forgotten
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