James William KELLY

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Service Number:	769
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Eugowra, New South Wales, Australia, 20 August 1890
Home Town:	Eugowra, Cabonne, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mining Engineer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 26 November 1916, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 19.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst Citizens who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice Honour Roll, Canowindra Soldiers Memorial Hospital and Honour Roll, Eugowra War Memorial

12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 769, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 769, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
26 Nov 1916:	Involvement Sergeant, 769, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 769 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-11-26

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