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KELLY, Frederick Joseph Anthony
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 4317, SN 4317 |
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Enlisted: | 21 August 1915 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 22 March 1897 |
Home Town: | Goulburn, Goulburn Mulwaree, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Boys Home, South Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 March 1917, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot VII, Row A, Grave 22, Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Taralga War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4317, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4317, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
26 Feb 1916: | Wounded Private, SN 4317, Influenza, diptheria | |
28 Oct 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, SN 4317, Severe gun shot wound, left arm | |
29 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4317, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4317 awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-29 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Janice Borg
Son of James KELLY and Sarah Jane KELLY (nee FREDERICKS)
Brother of William Sidney, John, Mary Isabella, James, Ellen Winifred, Thomas Henry, Anne Clara, and Leslie Cecil KELLY
Fred and Cecil were placed in the care of the Mercy Sisters at St John’s Orphanage Goulburn in about 1906, after their mother's death.