KELLY  J.T.B.

Given Names:  John Treadway Bonynge

               

Service Number:  521

Unit:  8th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron                                                                    

Rank:  Trooper

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  19 Yrs  3 Mths

Occupation:    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  6½ In                  

Weight:  146 Lbs

Chest:  34-36 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fresh/Fair

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  24/12/1914

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Charles Bonynge Kelly

Princess Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  25/2/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Star of Victoria A16

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Malta     

Embarked:  3/7/1919                               

Disembarked:  7/8/1919

Unit:  3rd Light Horse Regiment                                                                                                     

Rank: 

Discharge Date:  6/10/1919                       

Place: 

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  15340

British War Medal:  7623

Victory Medal:  7539

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  4/9/1896

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Charles Bonynge KELLY             

Mother:  Lydia Frances TREADWAY

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1921     

Place:             

Spouse: Dorothy Grace MALL

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 29/4/1964                          

Place: ,           

Burial:  Balmoral Cemetery, Queensland

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Evacuated to hospital 4/8/1915

D Squadron to A Squadron 14/2/1916

3rd Res Regt to A Sqdn 2/6/1916

3rd Res Regt to 67th Sqdn RFC 16/12/1916

3rd Res Regt to A Sqdn 8th LHR 22/4/1917

A Sqdn to 3rd LH Brigade HQ 9/5/1917

A Sqdn 8th LHR 10/1/1918

 

MEMORIALS

Trinity Grammar

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  VX89050                                     

Date Enlisted:  12/9/1940                                        

Date Discharged:  17/4/1946

 

COMMENTS

Kew Rotary