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KELLY, Albert Edwin

Service Numbers:	404, 61, 6833A, 6833
Enlisted:	30 May 1917, 3 years in Sth Africa, Boar War
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Essendon, Melbourne Victoria, Australia, June 1878
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Essendon State School No 483
Occupation:	Agent
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 1 September 1918
Cemetery:	Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row L, Grave. 34
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Campbell Mont St Quentin Cross, Campbell Mont St Quentin Pictorial Honour Roll, Essendon State School No 483 Roll of Honor, South Essendon Methodist Church HR

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Corporal, 404, 6 Mounted Infantry Contingent
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 61, 1 Mounted Infantry Contingent

World War 1 Service

30 May 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6833A, 21st Infantry Battalion, 3 years in Sth Africa, Boar War
21 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 6833A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
21 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 6833A, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
1 Sep 1918:	Involvement Private, 6833, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6833 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-09-01

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Husband of Isabel Kelly, of Fenner Post Office, Alberta, Canada.