KELLY H.

Given Names:  Henry

Service Number:  5361

Unit:  21st Battalion, 14th reinforcements                                                                         

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

Age:  29 Yrs  8 Mths

Occupation:  Asylum Attendant                                                                                       

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6¾ In                  

Weight:  148 Lbs

Chest:  36½-38½ In

Hair:  Black

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Medium

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  10/3/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Emily Kelly

Snake Valley, via Ballarat, Victoria                                                                                    

Embarkation Date:  28/7/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Themistocles A32

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  21st Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:                                       

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  43462

Victory Medal:  42983

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1885

Place:  Snake Valley, Victoria                   

Father:  James KELLY                             

Mother:  Emily PRINCE

MARRIAGE

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Spouse:  

DEATH

Date or Year: 9/10/1917                          

Place: Zonnebeke, Ypres, Belgium           

Burial:  Buttes New British Cemetery Zonnebeke, Belgium

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Killed by shell fire

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 338542

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Lived at Kew Asylum at enlistment