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Baptized James Henry Kelly. Son of James Henry Kelly (deceased in 1890) and Mathilde Savard, who never remarried, of Montréal, Québec. Baptized ""Henry"", he signed "Henri".
Enlisted in the 22nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he sailed for Great Britain on May 20, 1915, and arrived in Plymouth, England, on the 29th. On September 15, he crossed the English Channel from Folkestone and landed in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, that same day with the first Canadian contingent. On April 23, 1916, he was seriously wounded during fighting at Vierstraat, not far from Saint-Éloi, near Ypres, Belgium.
His military file only mentions his date of death and the medical unit where he died; No 17 Casualty clearing station. However, the 22nd Battalion's war diary indicates that he was wounded in Saint-Éloi, near Ypres.
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Private Henri Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Henri Kelly
In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 112 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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