Vincent Roy (Vinnie or Vin) KELLY

KELLY, Vincent Roy

    Service Number: 6083
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 17th Infantry Battalion
    Born: January 1898, place not yet discovered
    Home Town: Woolwich, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Apprentice boilermaker
    Died: 4 July 1979, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Field Of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW
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    World War 1 Service

    25 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 6083, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    25 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 6083, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney

    The man who fell off the Harbour Bridge

    Vinnie (or Vin) is reasonably famous in Sydney as "the guy who fell off the bridge".

    While he was working on the bridge decking as a riveter, he slipped and fell 55m to the water below. As an experienced diver and swimmer, he was able to right himself and landed upright in the water, surfacing and swimming away. He spent about a week in hospital before returning to work.

    Lots of links to this if you search.

    Submitted 8 October 2025 by Peter Reid

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