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KELAHER, Joseph Daniel

Service Number:	NX21405
Enlisted:	29 May 1940, Paddington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Barraba, New South Wales, Australia, 19 May 1915
Home Town:	Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

29 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX21405, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
29 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX21405, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Paddington, NSW
1 Mar 1941:	Involvement Private, NX21405, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Libya/North Africa
14 Apr 1941:	Wounded Private, NX21405, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, WIA (Bullet wound Rt arm/hand)
10 Jul 1942:	Involvement Private, NX21405, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein
7 Oct 1943:	Wounded Private, NX21405, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, WIA Kumawa, New Guinea (G.S.W. chest & thigh)
15 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX21405, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
15 Oct 1945:	Discharged Private, NX21405, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, NSW
Date unknown:	Involvement Private, NX21405, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA Tobruk

WIA New Guinea