KELLY, Frederick
| Service Number: | 749 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, An original member of D Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia , 1893 |
| Home Town: | Gilgandra, Gilgandra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Woollahra Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial A.11. AS HE LIVED, SO HE DIED DOING HIS BEST |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor, Mudgee Anglican Parish of Mudgee Great War Honour Roll, Mudgee District Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 749, 3rd Infantry Battalion, An original member of D Company | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 749, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 749, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frederick 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, when Fred was about six years of age.
Fred’s older brother, 3075 Pte. Thomas William Kelly 13th Battalion AIF, was later killed in action near Stormy Trench, Gueudecourt, France on 4 February 1917, aged 27.
Fred was an original member of the 3rd Battalion, enlisting in September 1914. He took part in the Anzac landing on 25 April 1915 and was wounded in those next few days, being evacuated to Port Said, Egypt, with shrapnel in his eye.
He returned to Gallipoli at some stage before the August offensive, being killed in action at Lone Pine sometime between the 7/12 August 1915. He has a Special Memorial in the Lone Pine Cemetery, stating he is “believed to be buried in this cemetery.”
His mother noted on his roll of honour form, “He left home at the age of 12 years to live on a sheep station. After being there some years went to Sydney with the same family where his schooling was completed.”
She also noted, “His only brother was killed in action in 1917, at Gueudecourt Chalk Pits, France, while carrying a wounded man out of danger, he was a stretcher bearer.”
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