KELLY, Edward James
| Service Number: | 25543 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 8 February 1893 |
| Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman (Burwood, NSW) |
| Died: | 1 August 1959, aged 66 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-10. 77. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 25543, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 25543, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 25543, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 1 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 25543, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchel, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
65 years ago today, on the 3rd August 1959, Driver Edward James Kelly, 4th Australian Field Artillery Brigade (Reg No-25543), fireman from Fire Station, Burwood, New South Wales and 24 Chippendall Street, Speers Point, N.S.W. (1947) and Wallsend?, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 66. CATHOLIC 1-10. 77.
Born at Sydney, New South Wales on the 8th February 1893? to John and Ellen Kelly; husband of Susan May Kelly nee?, married?, died?, of Tavistock Street, Enfield, New South Wales, Ted enlisted on the 25th November 1915 with the 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade at Sydney, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A67 Orsova on the 29th July 1916.
Commenced return to Australia 15.11.1919.
Ted did not arrive home until the 9th January 1920, being discharged on the 1st April 1920.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Mr. Kelly’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Ted’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states deceased, 1.8.1959 (IWGC).
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/commemsoawg/commemoration/viewCommemoration.html?commemorationId=NjQ4ODYx.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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