Eric Lindsay KELLY

Regimental number10/4035
OccupationClerk
Next of kinFather, R D Kelly, Assistant Postmaster, Wellington
Rank on embarkationQuartermaster Sergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 26 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No 15), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert D and Agnes E Kelly, Christchurch. Native of Napier. Also served in Samoa
Other details

War service: Samoa, Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 7

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