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Military service
Service number:
139125
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
75th Bn.
Birth:
February 15, 1896
Brechin, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 30, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 18, 1916
France
Burial/memorial information
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Son of Patrick and Catherine (née O'Donnell) Kelly, of Toronto, Ontario. He was the brother of Corporal Peter J. Kelly, 4th Battalion and Pte Tobias Kelly, Cyclist and Emmett Frederick, who also served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. In addition to those mentioned, Pte Kelly was also the brother of Thomas Joseph, Mary Ellen, Annie Rosetta, Martin, Katherine, Cecilia Veronica, Basil John and Francis Bertram and Stephen Gerard who died before reaching the age of one.
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Collage
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper Clipping
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Photo of Alphone Patrick Kelly
The Kelly Brothers -
Press Clipping
Clipping of eulogy for Pte Alphonse Patrick Kelly. -
Telegram
Copy of telegram to Mrs. Catherine Kelly about the death of her son Pte. Alphonse Patrick Kelly. -
Photo of ALPHONSE PATRICK KELLY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of ALPHONSE PATRICK KELLY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Private Alphonse Patrick Kelly
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Private Alphonse Patrick Kelly
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Private Alphonse Patrick Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Patrick Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Patrick Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Patrick Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Patrick Kelly
Digital gallery of
Private Alphonse Patrick Kelly
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Private Alphonse Patrick Kelly
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 112 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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