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KELLY, Nelson William
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5045 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Giles Corner, South Australia, Australia, 11 July 1898 |
| Home Town: | Giles Corner, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 3 May 1918, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Riverton & District War Memorial Pool Memorial and Flagpole, Riverton Pictorial Honour Board, Riverton RSL Hall Honour Roll, Tarlee & District Roll of Honor WW1, Tarlee War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 May 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5045, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 5045, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 5045, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 20 Jan 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5045, 32nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Alexandria for Italy on board HMT Abbasieh | |
| 14 Feb 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5045, 32nd Infantry Battalion, embarked Cherbourg for Southampton on board HMT Prince George | |
| 31 Mar 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5045, 48th Infantry Battalion, embarked Dover for Calais | |
| 3 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 5045, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5045 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-03 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Nelson Kelly was only 19 years of age when he was killed by shell fragments near Villers Bretonneux.
His older brother 291 Pte John Gould Kelly, 9th Light Horse, was badly wounded when a bullet passed through his neck and lower jaw at Gallipoli on 30 July 1915. John returned to Australia, 4 November 1915.
An even older brother, 3174 Pte Norman Gould Kelly, served with the 3rd Light Horse Regiment and returned to Australia, 2 January 1919.