KELLY, Bert
| Service Number: | 1801 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bowden, South Australia, 10 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Paper Ruler |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 29 June 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Wallonie, Belgium La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, La Plus Douve, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bowden Albert Lodge No 12 U.A.O.D. Roll of Honour, Thebarton E.S. Wigg & Son Ltd. WW1 Pictorial Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 23 Jun 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1801, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' |
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| 23 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1801, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Adelaide |
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Killed in Action during a Trench Raid on the night of the 28/29th of June 1916. The action took place near Ontario Farm in the Messines Ridge sector of the Ypres / Flanders front line.
The Battalion diary summaries the events that occurred that night: "During night our raiding party entered enemy trenches at Ontario Farm under Artillery Barrage and did some damage. Killing 17 enemy and taking 4 prisoners. retaliation by Bosche Artillery severe. Our casualties Wounded Lts Sommerville JR and Gooden SR. Other Ranks Killed 4, Wounded 26." Although it was only a relatively small trench raid carried out that night, the German's inflicted more damage on the raiders than the 27th did to the German's.
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