Son of James and Lilly A. Kelly; husband of Frances M. Kelly, of Durban, Natal, South Africa. Attended Glenwood High School, Durban
K.M. Jordan, Royal Durban Light Infantry WWII Roll of Honour ("working document", Aug 2026 draft; email to John & Bobby, 4 Sep 2026, marked "not 100% correct"): KELLY, William James Hellet (Son of Lilly Kelly of 71 Pasadena Court, South Beach, Durban; father James Kelly deceased; husband of Frances Mary (nee Dean) Kelly, of Durban; they had 2 young children.) (Stellawood Primary; DTHS / Glenwood High School 1920-22) 6945 Lance Corporal Royal Durban Light Infantry Born Umkomaas, Natal South Coast 9/6/1921; a clerk with South African Railways & Harbours before enlistment; served with the 2nd Battalion RDLI in North Africa; killed in action at Tobruk, Libya, probably by aerial attacks or artillery fire. Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya. (Also, on the Royal Durban Light Infantry; the Glenwood High School & on the Durban Cenotaph WWII Memorials & and on the SAR&H WWII ROH in the book “We Fought the Miles.”) 20/06/1942 36
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