Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

18/09/1915

Date of Discharge

01/10/1919

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Other Name(s)

Surname also spelt as 'Kellond'

Date of Birth

28/10/1894

Place of Birth

Mumbulla via Bega, NSW

Address (at enlistment)

16 Mile, Uriarra Road via Queanbeyan ACT

Occupation

Potter

Next of Kin

Samuel Kelland (father), 16 Mile, Uriarra Road via Queanbeyan ACT

Service Number

4316

Final Rank

Driver

Final Unit

5 Division Bakery AIF

The Kelland family was living in the Canberra area by 1912 when William and his father are shown as working at the Royal Military College. The 16 mile marker on Uriarra Road was in the vicinity of Weston Creek. Kelland was born at Mumbulla near Bega in 1894 and enlisted in Sydney on 18 September 1915. He gave his occupation as a 'potter' and after initially joining the 2nd Battalion he was transferred to the 54th Battalion before being assigned to the 5th Division Bakery Section. He arrived in France on 29 June 1916 and served in the Rouen area before being transferred to hospital in England with enteritis in August 1918. Kelland returned to Australia in August 1919 and was discharged in Sydney on 1 October 1919. He died in Sydney on 14 August 1956.

Description - height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 136 pounds, chest 35 inches, fair complexion, black eyes, light brown hair, Church of England.

Rex Cross, 'Bygone Queanbeyan', 1980
Ross Howarth, 'Civilians employed at the Royal Military College of Australia, Duntroon, from 1911 to 1931', RMC Duntroon, November 2000
Our Queanbeyan 'Boys', Howard & Shearsby, Yass (postcard)
Queanbeyan Age - 13 October 1916
Sydney Morning Herald - 16 August 1956
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)