Joseph Richard KELLY MM

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Service Number:	2210
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	33rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	9 April 1969, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

24 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2210, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
24 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2210, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
8 Sep 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, "Near Messines on the night of 15/16 July 1917, for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Private Kelly acted as a guide and runner to the party in the digging of new front line systems in front of Pine Avenue. He guided the various parties to their tasks with great rapidity and excellent judgement and by his confident deameanour and prompt actions inspired confidence in the mean and greatly facilitated the work in land. Throughout the six days of the tour in the trenches Private Kelly repeatedly carried messages to the front line and to the Battalion Headquarters under heavy fire, when telephonis(sp) communication failed. He has always distinguished himself by his courage, promptness and cheerfulness. Private Kelly has also be(en) specially mentioned in Brigade and Battalion Or(?) for his splendid action in the Battle of Messines when he acted as Company Runner, constantly taking messages to the front line and to new posts through heavy artillery fire and also as guide to incoming reliefs to the advanced posts" -- Extracted from Divisional Routine Orders No. 261 dated 30 July 1917.

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