Roy Cyril Conrad FELS

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FELS, Roy Cyril Conrad

Service Numbers:	2249, R2249
Enlisted:	15 December 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 21 May 1896
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stablehand / Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 February 1917, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery
Memorials:	Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Board (Original), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

15 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2249, 10th Infantry Battalion
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, R2249, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, R2249, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
17 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 2249, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2249 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-17

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Biography contributed by St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School

Roy Cyril Conrad Fels was born in Adelaide during 1895 where he attended school is unknown.

He worked as a stable hand as well as in the citizen military. He enlisted on the 15th of December 1914. He was a private when he enlisted. He embarked on the HMAT Borda. He had one involvement during the war. He remained a private until he was killed in action on the 17th of Feburary during 1917. He was buried in Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery in France.

He didn't win any medals whilst during his involvement with the military. His grave reference is G.18. His gravestone reads "we just did our duty".

Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Private Roy Cyril Conrad FELS was the youngest son of Maxmillian Frederic Constantine Ultimus FELS and Ellen HIGHET.

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