KELLY, Thomas William
| Service Number: | 3075 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia , 1889 |
| Home Town: | Gilgandra, Gilgandra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Home Schooled |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gueudecourt, France, 4 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Plot VI, Row G, Grave No. 19. TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilgandra District Roll of Honor, Mudgee Anglican Parish of Mudgee Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3075, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 3075, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 3075, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Thomas William Kelly was the son of the late Thomas Joseph and Mary Jane Kelly of Gilgandra, New South Wales. His father had passed away in 1900.
Thomas’s younger brother, 749 Pte. Frederick Kelly 3rd Battalion AIF, had been killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli during August 1915, aged 21.
Thomas joined the 13th Battalion in Egypt during late 1915 and went through the 1916 fighting unscathed. He was killed by a shell during the 13th Battalion’s attack on Stormy Trench on 4 February 1917. He was working as a stretcher bearer at the time. He was originally buried in Pioneer Junction Cemetery, just near Gueudecourt, and his remains were shifted during 1920 to Bancourt British Cemetery.
His mother noted on his roll of honour form, “He was just a plain honest Australian country boy, and had earned his own living from the age of 12 years.”
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