Joseph Colwyn KELLY

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Service Number:	407986
Enlisted:	27 February 1941, Adelaide
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Maitland, SA, 3 January 1917
Home Town:	Urania, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Urania School, Prince Alfred College
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Flying Battle, Atlantic Ocean, 17 May 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

27 Feb 1941:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 407986
27 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
27 Feb 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 407986
8 May 1942:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 1, No. 10 Squadron (RAAF)
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Son of Arthur William and Lavinia Ethel M. Kelly, of Urania, South Australia.

Biography written by Olivia Brook, Kadina Memorial School, SA attached as a document. Winning entry for 2022 Premier's Anzac Spirit School Prize.