Francis James KELLAWAY

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KELLAWAY, Francis James

Service Number:	1918
Enlisted:	17 April 1916
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide South Australia, June 1893
Home Town:	Tighes Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	GSW by MG, Warneton, Messines, Belgium, France, 3 March 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Tighe's Hill Public School HR, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Waratah Memorial Gates, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1918, 36th Infantry Battalion
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1918, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
4 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 1918, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney
26 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1918, 36th Infantry Battalion, GSW Shoulder and face
10 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 36th Infantry Battalion
3 Mar 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 1918, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1918 awm_unit: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-03-03

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

AWM Biographical note:

1918 Sergeant Francis James Kellaway, 36 Battalion, AIF, who, during a raid on the German line in the Messines sector on 3 March 1918, was killed in action. Other biographical details concerning him are as follows: pipe fitter of Waratah, NSW; born at Callington, SA; educated at a state school; enlisted in the AIF on 17 April 1916; age at time of death, 25 years.

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