Walter James KELLY

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Service Number:	SX8940
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:	Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese, Thailand, 10 September 1943, aged 42 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX8940, Adelaide, South Australia
15 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX8940
10 Sep 1943:	Involvement Private, 8th Division Salvage Unit

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