Charles Wauchope KELLIE

KELLIE, Charles Wauchope

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Captain
Last Unit: 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born: Aden, Yemen, 1855
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 8 August 1939
Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Cremated
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Sudan (1885) Service

1 Mar 1885: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, New South Wales Contingent - Sudan

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, Officer, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Major Kellie served in the 3rd Contingent, as an officer commanding 'D Company'. Sailed to South Africa on 1st March 1900 on the ship Portland. He took part in battles such as the Battle of Elands River and the Relief of Mafeking. He previously served in the Afgan War in 1880 and the Soudan during 1884-85.

"MAJOR C. W. KELLIE.

Major C. W. Kellie, who took part in three active service campaigns, died recently, at the home of his daughter, Mrs H. Ciemer of Ryde. Major Kellie served with the Royal Artillery in India, and took part in the Afghan campaign of 1880. Subsequently, he participated in the engagements of El Teb and Tamai in Egypt. He was awarded a number of decorations. Later he commanded a company of Queenslanders who took part in the relief of Mafeking." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 19 Sep 1939 (nla.gov.au)

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Charles Wauchope Kellie married Marie Rawlison on 21 Feb 1900 in Brisbane, Queensland moving to New South Wales where they had 1 child.