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Australians
in the Boer War
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | KELLY |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Joseph Peter |
| Regimental Number | | 487 |
| Rank | | Private |
| Unit Name | | 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
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Murray: Lieutenant.
B5179: born 1864 a medical practitioner from Dookie Vic., next of kin in Sandy Mount Dublin.
Smith2: Surgeon Lieut., Penninsula Horse, King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps.
URL1: WW1 AIF Captain AAMC a medical practitioner aged 47 in 1915 next of kin sister in Wexford Ire., 3 years 4 months active service South Africa in 4th Vic. Bushmen, Major AMC 2AGH 10.9.1918.
URL2: Dr JP KELLY a well known medical practitioner in the Goulburn Valley Vic. has offered his services to the military authorities and will go into camp shortly [c8.1915]. He enlisted as a trooper in the 4th Contingent for the Boer War but received a commission shortly after landing in South Africa. He served as a medical officer until the end of the war, after which he resumed practice in the Dookie district.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 254 258 271
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Smith2: Australian KSA Medal Recipients page(s) 16
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 606
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 28.8.1915
| | External Link URL1 | | naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3011168&I=1&SE=1 | | External Link URL2 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1553789 |
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