kelle, leonard jean

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Kelle, Leonard Jean Service Number 1542 / changed from 1784

Killed in Action 7th August 1915 Lone Pine, Gallipoli

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And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

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NAME Kelle, Leonard Jean

SERVICE NO 1542 changed from 1784

UNIT 1st Battalion

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 34 yrs 5 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Mononga, Riverina, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Carrier

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 13 Jan 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool

PREVIOUS SERVICE 1 yr Volunteer L H Condoblin, NSW

NEXT OF KIN Father;- Arthur Kelle, Burnside, Wyong, NSW/ “Lorraine” Wyong

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’10¾”. Weight-152lbs. Chest-33-36½”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION Presbyterian

EMBARKED

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 8 Jun 1915- GSW L/Arm Gallipoli Reported Missing 6-11 Aug 1915- Lone Pine

DIED 7 Aug 1915-Lone Pine-Gallipoli

BURIED Browns Dip Cemetery , Lone Pine, Gallipoli

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-947, British War Medal-10041, Victory Medal-9997. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-300356.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Sister;- Agnes Kelle Baxter, “Gerula” Condoblin./

Sc Ancestry.com DOB;- 29/8/1880 @ Albury NSW Parents;- Nicholas Albert Kelle 1845-1927 & Agnes Wallace Smith 1847-1925 NSW Birth;- reg no 8831/1880 reg Albury

Gosford Times 2nd November 1916 The following names appear int he 239

th causality list:- Private L J Keele, Wyong, killed in action. Private W

J Crane, Tuggerah Lakes severely wounded; Private E P White, Dora Creek, wounded: Private G A Thompson, Teralba, ill in hospital.

Gosford Times 26th November 1915 Mr Kelle, of Wyong, who has had a lot of anxiety as to the fate of his son, Private L J Kelle, has received word that he is a prisoner at Constantinople.

Gosford Times 17th September 1915 Private L J Kelle, of Wyong, previously reported wounded is now included in the list of soldiers missing at the Dardanelles. Private H S Douglas, of Dora Creek, is also reported as missing.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7368813

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