Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 25/05/1918
- Date of Discharge
- 13/09/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Queanbeyan NSW
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Place of Birth
- Narellan NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- Tidbinbilla ACT
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Next of Kin
- Joseph Kelly (father), Willow Tree NSW
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 64714
- Final Rank
- Sergeant
- Final Unit
- 12 Light Horse Regiment AIF
Notes
Kelly was the school teacher at Gibraltar near Tidbinbilla from 1916 until he enlisted in May 1918. He arrived in Egypt in December 1918 and served with the 12th Light Horse Regiment. In June 1919 he became an acting Sergeant while employed as an Educational Instructor. He returned to Australia in August 1919 and was discharged on 13 September 1919.
Description - NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Sources
Lyall Gillespie, 'Early Education and Schools in the Canberra Region', 1999
Vincent Fisher, 'Gibraltar: An old Bush School', 1986
Queanbeyan/ Canberra Advocate - 30 May 1918
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Image courtesy of Vince Fisher
Victor Kelly, standing at right, before enlisting. Image courtesy of Vince Fisher.