KELLY, Thomas Francis
| Service Number: | 3373 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915, 11 months Militia? |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia , 27 August 1875 |
| Home Town: | Killingworth, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killingworth, New South Wales, Australia, 30 December 1937, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-36. 106. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3373, 1st Infantry Battalion, 11 months Militia? | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3373, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3373, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 15 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3373, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Medically unfit - sickness |
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From Gary Mitchell
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting peacefully at Sandgate Cemetery.
83 years ago today, on the Friday afternoon of the 31st December 1937, Private Thomas Francis Kelly, 45th Battalion (Reg No-3373), miner from Killingworth (Blacktown), New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 62. CATHOLIC 2-36. 106.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the 27th August 1875 to Patrick and Annie (Ann) Kelly, Thomas enlisted September 1915 with the 1st Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 26.4.1917 (chronic bronchitis), Thomas was invalided home September 1917, being discharged medically unfit (pyelonephritis) on the 15th December 1917.
Mr Kelly’s name has been inscribed on the Killingworth Soldiers' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 1st July 1922, 88 names inscribed, 20 Fallen).
Thomas had been resting in an unmarked grave, another Forgotten Digger of The Great War, so November 2017 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/.../index.php...
I will be submitting an application to DVA asking for Mr Kelly’s honour and dignity to be restored.
Lest We Forget.
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