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KELLY, Patrick Joseph
(Service number 78245)

Aliases	Fred
First Rank		Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	7 August 1884	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	23 June 1917	Age	34 years
Address at Enlistment	Fairview
Occupation	Slaughterman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married. Married Dora Agnes BURR on 27 December 1916 at Timaru. Child - Patrick John KELLY born on 20 December 1917 at Timaru.
Next of Kin	Mrs D. KELLY (wife), Ngahere, via Greymouth, West Coast; previously of 99 Church Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 154 lbs. Chest measurement 36-38 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes blue. Hair dark. Sight - right eye 6/6, left eye 6/18. Hearing &d colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Large abdominal rings. Class A.

Military Service

Served with	New Zealand Armed Forces (?)	Served in
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Death

Date	24 January 1965	Age	80 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
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Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Area 10, Plot 201
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Patrick Joseph KELLY was the son of Jeremiah and Deborah (née O'CONNOR) KELLY, both from County Kerry, Ireland, and a brother of Jeremiah and James Joseph (24178). When he enlisted he was employed as a slaughterman by the Timaru Borough Council.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0063347) [07 June 2016]; Timaru Herald, 7 June 1917, 13 July 1917, 4 April 1918 (Papers Past) [07 June 2016]

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