KELLY, Percival James
| Service Number: | 2813 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 May 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Campania, Tasmania, Australia, 11 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Midland Junction, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shunter |
| Died: | Influenza and Pneumonia, United Kingdom, 26 January 1919, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom IV F 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 16 May 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2813, Railway Unit (AIF) | |
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| 5 Oct 1918: | Involvement Private, 2813, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Zealandic embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1918: | Embarked Private, 2813, Railway Unit (AIF), SS Zealandic, Melbourne | |
| 26 Jan 1919: | Involvement Sapper, 2813, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2813 awm_unit: Australian Railway Operating Division Depot awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1919-01-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 26th January…… Percival Kelly was born on 11th October, 1885 at Campania, Tasmania.
Percival James Kelly married Jessie Isabel Emery in 1910 in Swan, Western Australia. They had the following children: Marjorie Elizabeth Kelly (born 1911); Nellie Marguerite Kell (born 1913) & Harold C. Kelly (born 1917).
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 30th April, 1918 as a 30 year old, married, Railway Shunter, from Collie, Western Australia.
On 5th October, 1918 Private Percival James Kelly, Service number 2813, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on SS Zealandic with the Railway Unit, Special Draft, 1918 Reinforcements & disembarked at London, England on 5th December, 1918.
He was posted to A.R.O.D. (Australian Railway Operating Division) Depot at Longmoor, England on 6th December, 1918 as Sapper.
Sapper Kelly was sent sick then admitted to Military Hospital, Frensham Hill, Surrey, England on 18th January, 1919. He was reported to be dangerously & seriously ill on 21st January, 1919.
Sapper Percival James Kelly died at 02.30 on 26th January, 1919 at Military Hospital, Frensham Hill, England from Influenza & Broncho Pneumonia.
He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England where around 360 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/i---l.html
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