Kiely, Richard Joseph
SURNAME
Kiely
NAME
Richard Joseph
PLACE OF BIRTH
Port Douglas
OCCUPATION
Labourer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Cairns, QLD
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
6/01/1916
NEXT OF KIN
William Kiely. [father] Mossman, QLD. (in 1917, Trustee Nora Blain, Mossman)
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Born Port Douglas, address Mossman.
REGIMENT 1
41st Battalion AIF
REGIMENT 2
47th Battalion
RANK
Private
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
KILLED IN ACTION
Yes, 2/12/1916
OTHER INFORMATION
Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.
STORY OUTLINE
Richard Joseph Kiely was born in Port Douglas.
He worked as a labourer and enlisted in Cairns. He embarked Sydney 18/05/1916 and disembarked in England 10/07/1916.
On the 26/09/1916 he proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Force, France 47th Battalion.
He was wounded in action on the 28/11/1916 with wounds to his thigh and left ankle.
He was admitted to the 3rd Canadian General Hospital in Boulogne France where he died on the 02/12/1916 [from Gas Gangrene].
He is buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France.
His brother, John James Kiely, claimed a pension of 1 pound p.f. from 08/02/1917.
SERVICE NO
210
