Regimental number | 5422 |
Place of birth | Limerick, Ireland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Mansfield, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 36 |
Height | 5' 4" |
Weight | 116 lbs |
Next of kin | Brother, W Kelly, Cairns, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served for 12 years in the Connaught Rangers, British Army. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 6th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/23/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: England Embarked Melbourne, 4 April, 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 12 June 1916. Admitted to hospital, (unknown illness); discharged to duty with 2nd Training Bn, England, 27 June 1916. Admitted to hospital, Perham Downs, 10 July 1916 (senile decay); discharged to duty, date unknown. Found guilty of breaking away from escort party and obtaining drink without permission, drunkenness and disturbance on Southern Station on 24 August 1916: awarded 28 days? detention. Transferred to 2nd Command Depot, Weymouth, 24 August 1916. Commenced return to Australia from Portland on board HT ?Ajana?, 17 October 1916 (invalid); disembarked Melbourne, 8 December 1916. Admitted 11th Australian General Hospital, Melbourne, from discharge leave, 8 February 1917 (bronchitis); discharged 13 February 1917. Admitted 11th General Hospital, Melbourne, 15 February 1917 (bronchitis); discharged 18 February 1917. Admitted 11th Australian General Hospital, Melbourne, 22 February 1917 (alcoholism); discharged 24 February 1917; discharged from AIF, Melbourne (medically unfit), 8 March 1917. Medal: British War Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, KELLY Patrick James |