John KELLEY

KELLEY, John

    Service Numbers: 5701, Q215585
    Enlisted: 4 September 1915, Enoggera, Queensland
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 15th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
    Born: Ingham, Queenslad, 10 July 1893
    Home Town: Victoria Estate, Hinchinbrook, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Sugar boiler
    Died: Natural causes, New South Wales, 3 February 1984, aged 90 years
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    4 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5701, Enoggera, Queensland
    4 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
    4 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
    3 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 26th Infantry Battalion
    14 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 26th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW (thigh)
    4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 26th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, 2nd occasion
    21 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 26th Infantry Battalion

    World War 2 Service

    19 Jun 1942: Enlisted
    19 Jun 1942: Enlisted Q215585, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Mackay, Queensland
    20 Jun 1942: Involvement Lieutenant, Q215585, 15th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    Son of Thomas Kelley and Janet Wilson

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