Frederick Charles KELLY

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KELLY, Frederick Charles

Service Number:	1706
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Childers, Queensland, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland
Schooling:	North Isis State School, Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Sugar Planter
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I. Row L. Grave 75. Inscription: THE LORD GAVE THE LORD HAS TAKEN AWAY BLESSED BE HIS NAME
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Childers Doolbi & Horton Honour Board, Childers Isis District Roll of Honour, Childers Isis North State School Great War Honour Board, Childers Memorial Hall (Isis District Pictorial War Memorial), Cordalba War Memorial, Maryborough State High School Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1706, Depot Battalion , Brisbane, Queensland
3 Jan 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1706, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
3 Jan 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1706, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1706, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1706, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1706, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1706, 31st Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Statement, Red Cross File No 1490104, 1687 Pte G.W. CUMMINGS, A Company, 31st Bn (patient, No 51 General Hospital, Etaples), 4 April 1917: 'He was killed at Fleurbaix on July 19th. in the front line trench, just before the charge. I helped to bury his body in the cemetery at Fleurbaix, the next day.'

Buried Eaton Hall Military Cemetery, Rue Petillon, by Reverend S. A. Beveridge, 20 July 1916.

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