KELLY, Samuel Joseph
| Service Number: | NX40710 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 June 1940, Tamworth, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 1 May 1908 |
| Home Town: | Bellata, Narrabri, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardiner |
| Died: | Illness whilst a Prisoner of the Japanese , Borneo, 7 June 1945, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia |
World War 2 Service
| 29 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX40710, Tamworth, New South Wales | |
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| 29 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX40710, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 7 Jun 1945: | Involvement Private, NX40710, 2nd/18th Infantry Battalion, Prisoners of War |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...NX40710 Private Samuel Joseph Kelly, 2/18th Battalion, Australian Infantry. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942. Private Kelly, aged 37, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 7 June 1945. He was the son of Gregory Oscar and Amelia May Kelly, and the husband of Margaret Murray Kelly, of Narrabri, NSW. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 10..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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