KELLY, Martin
| Service Number: | 7510 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Tunnelling Companies |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 7510, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Aug 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 7510, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Anchises, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Next of kin-Sister, Miss M Kelly, c/o Nurse Darch, Blackheath, Gregory Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland
Served in the Compulsory Military Training scheme (7 days).
Enlistment date-11 June 1917
Place of enlistment-Rockhampton, Queensland-Sapper-April 1917 Reinforcements.
Unit from Nominal Roll-3rd Tunnelling Company
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 8 August 1917-he was 23 at the time.
War service: Western Front
Embarked from Sydney on board HT 'A68', 8 August 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 2 October 1917. Marched in to Nos 1 and 3 Tunnelling Details Camp, Park House, 3 October 1917.
Proceeded overseas to France, 14 November 1917; marched in to Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, 15 November 1917; marched in to 1st Anzac GB(?), 20 November 1917. Taken on strength 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, 16 January 1918. Proceeded on leave from 18 November 1918 to 2 December 1918; returned from leave, 4 December 1918. Proceeded to England, 28 April 1919.
Commenced return to Australia from England on board HT 'Frankfurt', 1 July 1919; disembarked Melbourne, 20 August 1919.
Discharged Brisbane, 21 September 1919.
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