Robert KELLY

KELLY, Robert

Service Number: 266
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born: Ireland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 266
4 Apr 1901: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 266, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901.
28 Jan 1902: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 266, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 56, notes discharged medically unfit and discharged 28 Jan 1902 (it would appear in England).

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When Robert Kelly enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as T. J. Gilmour, Tuam, Galway, Ireland.