KELLY-HEALY, James Patrick
Service Number: | 1860 |
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Enlisted: | 31 January 1916 |
Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Adavale, Queensland, South Australia, 1895 |
Home Town: | Chinchilla, Western Downs, Queensland |
Schooling: | St Mary's Christian College Toowoomba, Queensland, South Australia |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Chinchilla War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
World War 1 Service
31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1860, 42nd Infantry Battalion | |
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16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1860, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1860, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane | |
4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Patrick and Honor KELLY-HEALY of Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, Qld. He entered the Public Service as a clerk in the C.P.S. Office, subsequently being transferred to Miles and Chinchilla as C.P.S. and Land Ranger.
In Feburary 1917 he returned to England from France and entered St. John's College, Cambridge as a cadet and passed his examination, for the Rank of Second-Lieutenant, returning to France.