KELLY, Claude Donald
| Service Numbers: | Q99597, QX50639 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 May 1941, Fortitude Valley, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 8 April 1913 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Polytechnic, Brisbane |
| Occupation: | Professional Jockey, Electric Welder |
| Died: | Cancer, Brisbane, Queensland, 17 April 1979, aged 66 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 2 May 1941: | Enlisted Fortitude Valley, Queensland | |
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| 20 May 1943: | Involvement Q99597, FTD 18/12/1941 - also QX50639 | |
| 20 May 1943: | Involvement Sapper, QX50639, also Q99597 - FTD 18/12/1941 - no pay 26/9-17/12/41 | |
| 26 May 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX50639 | |
| 15 Mar 1946: | Discharged | |
| 15 Mar 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX50639 |
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WW2 Service Record
Sapper C.D. Kelly had been a jockey, then electric welder, prior to joining the Citizen Military Force (CMF) on 2.5.1941.
He was transferred to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 26.5.1943.
During his service, Sapper C.D. Kelly served in Australia, and in the No. 4 Australian Maintenance Platoon at;
- New Guinea / Milne Bay - 29.7.1943 to 29.7.1944, and;
- Morotai, and Borneo - 11.4.1945 to 10.12.1945.
He was discharged from service on 15.3.1946.
Though only infrequently mentioning his war service, when he did, he spoke kindly of the Fuzzy Wuzzys in New Guinea.
He was a gentle, quietly spoken man of few words who was loved, and is now warmly remembered in the hearts of his family.
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