Private, Australian Army Age: 21. VX42229
Posting on Death: 2/23rd Infantry Battalion,
Studio portrait of VX42229 Private (Pte) Alan Clement Kelly, 2/23 Battalion, of Walwa, Vic. He was a labourer prior to enlisting on 29 June 1940. Pte Kelly, VX42266 Pte John Leslie Johnson and VX46250
Pte John Patrick Joy, all originally from Walwa, Vic, were close friends who all enlisted in June 1940. Following initial training in Australia, they embarked from Port Melbourne on board HMAT Strathmore on 17 November 1940, arriving in Egypt on 17 December. After further training in desert warfare the unit was sent to Tobruk, Libya, arriving on 18 March 1941. All three were killed in action during the counter attack on 17 May 1941. Pte Kelly was 22 years of age.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Walwa Vic, also his name is located at panel 50 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Patrick Clement and Alice Josephine Kelly, of Walwa, Victoria, Australia.
Memorial for Private Alan Clement Kelly at Walwa Cemetery
Posting on Death: 2/23rd Infantry Battalion,
Studio portrait of VX42229 Private (Pte) Alan Clement Kelly, 2/23 Battalion, of Walwa, Vic. He was a labourer prior to enlisting on 29 June 1940. Pte Kelly, VX42266 Pte John Leslie Johnson and VX46250
Pte John Patrick Joy, all originally from Walwa, Vic, were close friends who all enlisted in June 1940. Following initial training in Australia, they embarked from Port Melbourne on board HMAT Strathmore on 17 November 1940, arriving in Egypt on 17 December. After further training in desert warfare the unit was sent to Tobruk, Libya, arriving on 18 March 1941. All three were killed in action during the counter attack on 17 May 1941. Pte Kelly was 22 years of age.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Walwa Vic, also his name is located at panel 50 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Patrick Clement and Alice Josephine Kelly, of Walwa, Victoria, Australia.
Memorial for Private Alan Clement Kelly at Walwa Cemetery
Private, Australian Army Age: 21. VX42229
Posting on Death: 2/23rd Infantry Battalion,
Studio portrait of VX42229 Private (Pte) Alan Clement Kelly, 2/23 Battalion, of Walwa, Vic. He was a labourer prior to enlisting on 29 June 1940. Pte Kelly, VX42266 Pte John Leslie Johnson and VX46250
Pte John Patrick Joy, all originally from Walwa, Vic, were close friends who all enlisted in June 1940. Following initial training in Australia, they embarked from Port Melbourne on board HMAT Strathmore on 17 November 1940, arriving in Egypt on 17 December. After further training in desert warfare the unit was sent to Tobruk, Libya, arriving on 18 March 1941. All three were killed in action during the counter attack on 17 May 1941. Pte Kelly was 22 years of age.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Walwa Vic, also his name is located at panel 50 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Patrick Clement and Alice Josephine Kelly, of Walwa, Victoria, Australia.
Memorial for Private Alan Clement Kelly at Walwa Cemetery
Posting on Death: 2/23rd Infantry Battalion,
Studio portrait of VX42229 Private (Pte) Alan Clement Kelly, 2/23 Battalion, of Walwa, Vic. He was a labourer prior to enlisting on 29 June 1940. Pte Kelly, VX42266 Pte John Leslie Johnson and VX46250
Pte John Patrick Joy, all originally from Walwa, Vic, were close friends who all enlisted in June 1940. Following initial training in Australia, they embarked from Port Melbourne on board HMAT Strathmore on 17 November 1940, arriving in Egypt on 17 December. After further training in desert warfare the unit was sent to Tobruk, Libya, arriving on 18 March 1941. All three were killed in action during the counter attack on 17 May 1941. Pte Kelly was 22 years of age.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Walwa Vic, also his name is located at panel 50 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Son of Patrick Clement and Alice Josephine Kelly, of Walwa, Victoria, Australia.
Memorial for Private Alan Clement Kelly at Walwa Cemetery
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"Our Beloved Alan At Rest. He Died That We May Live R.I.P."
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