Kelle, Leonard Jean

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Kelle, Edmund Leonard Allen Jean

Number 1494 Service Number 1542Service / changed from 1784 Killed Action 19th May 1915 Killed inin Action 7th August 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula Lone Pine, Gallipoli

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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 ENLISTMENT

Liverpool

PREVIOUS SERVICE

1 yr Volunteer L H Condoblin, NSW

NEXT OF KIN

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

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

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 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.

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 2nd November 1916 The following names appear int he 239th 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.

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