Michael Joseph KELLY

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Service Number:	SX585
Enlisted:	23 October 1939, Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 22 March 1916
Home Town:	Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Killed in Action, Papua, 20 January 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section A. Plot 8. Row A. Grave 24. Inscription: "LOVED ONLY SON OF MR. & MRS. J. KELLY OF MURRAY BRIDGE, SOUTH AUST."
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murray Bridge Pictorial Honour Roll KIA WW2 & Vietnam, Murray Bridge War Memorial WW2

23 Oct 1939:	Involvement Private, SX585, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
23 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Keswick, SA
23 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX585, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement

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