Kelaher, James Joseph Patrick (Lance Corporal, b.1877 - d.1915)

Places	Africa: Egypt Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Sari Bair Area, Hill 60 (Gallipoli)
Accession Number	1DRL/0391
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 wallet: 1 cm.
Object type	Letter
Maker	Kelaher, James Joseph
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made	1928
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM93 12/11/750
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to the service of 1053 Lance Corporal James Joseph Patrick Kelaher, 18 Battalion, Australia, Egypt, Gallipoli, 1915. Collection consists of six photostat copies of letters sent by Lance Corporal Kelaher to family members in Australia. Location of original letters unknown.

History / Summary

Biographical note: 1053 Lance Corporal James Joseph Patrick Kelaher; clerk of petty Sessions; of Tingha and Bathurst, NSW; born Bathurst; educated at the Patrician Brothers school, Bathurst; joined the AIF on 7 May 1915; age at time of death, 38.