Patrick Leo KELLEY

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KELLEY, Patrick Leo

Service Numbers:	678, 678A
Enlisted:	20 December 1916, Warrnambool, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	McArthur, Vic., 1896
Home Town:	Macarthur, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Warrnambool Agricultural High School
Occupation:	State School Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 October 1918
Cemetery:	Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy I E 6
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warrnambool Agricultural High School "They Died For Us" Honour Roll, Warrnambool Agricultural High School Honor Roll

20 Dec 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 678, 6th Machine Gun Company, Warrnambool, Vic.
21 Jun 1917:	Involvement Private, 678, 6th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
21 Jun 1917:	Embarked Private, 678, 6th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne
4 Oct 1918:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 678A, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 678A awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-10-04

Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of William and Jane Ewing KELLEY, 41 Orange Avenue, Mildura, Victoria.

Patrick Leo Kelley, son of Mrs. J.E. Kelley, of 41 Orange Avenue, Mildura, was educated at the Warrnambool High School, and afterwards taught at the Ararat School. He was then transferred to Macarthur. His offical record as teacher shows that he had very good teaching power, and was diligent and earnest. He enlisted on the 30th December1916, and embarked with the 12th reinforcements to the the 6th Machine Gun Company, on the Suevic on the 21st of June, 1917. After training in England, he proceeded to France, and was taken on the strength of the 22nd Battalion. He was wounded on the 13th of March, 1918 and invalided to England, but rejoined his unit in France on the 13th of July, and was killed on the 4th of October, at the age of 22 1/2 years.

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