
KELLY, Walter James
Service Number: | SX8940 |
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Enlisted: | 15 July 1940, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Division Salvage Unit |
Born: | Elliston, South Australia , 27 June 1901 |
Home Town: | Elliston, South Australia |
Schooling: | Elliston School, South Australia |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Pneumonia whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 10 September 1943, aged 42 years |
Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A14 C 2 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Patrick KELLY and Sarah Jane nee MORRISON, of Elliston, South Australia.
LOVED SON OF LATE PATRICK AND SARAH KELLY OF ELLISTON, S.A... R.I.P.
Brother Clarence Edward Kelly, also of 8 Division Salvage Unit was also a POW. Brother Terence Patrick Kelly served with AIF WW2. Older brother John Angus saw service on the western front WW1. A nephew Desmond Hamden, Merchant Navy was killed when his ship was hit by a Japanese torpedo.
Cause of death pneumonia.
Survived by his father Patrick. Brothers John, Terence, Murdoch, Clarence and sisters Mary Chigwidden, Ellen Kelly, Christina Lashman, Nora Talbot Kate Reid and Maggie.
See story link (left) SX 8940 Private Walter James Kelly 8 Division