KELLY, William
(Service number 40014)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 3 March 1877 | Place of Birth | New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. McWILLIAM (sister), Wanganui | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 26th Reinforcements F Company | ||
| Date | 9 June 1917 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 December 1917 | Age | 40 yrs |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Son of Dennis & Catherine (Kate) KELLY, of Timaru. Brother Andrew also served in the NZ Forces & brother Joseph served in the Australian Forces. Educated at R C Timaru & Gleniti schools. 3rd prize for Writing in Std. II at Wai-iti (later Gleniti) School in 1888.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [19 February 2014]; CWGC [20 February 2014]; NZ BDM indexes (DIA historical records) [19 February 2014]; Timaru Herald, 22 December 1888 (Papers Past) [20 February 2014]
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