Name: Douglas Ernest Kelly Rank: Corporal Service Number: G/17054 Service: Carleton and York Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps Date of Birth: May 9, 1921 Place of Birth: Grand Falls, Victoria County, New Brunswick Date of Enlistment: February 23, 1940 Place of Enlistment: Woodstock, Carleton County, New Brunswick Occupation: Labourer Marital Status: Single Religion: Baptist Next of Kin: Daisy Sloat (Mother), Kilburn, Victoria Co., New Brunswick Date of Death: March 18, 1944 Age: 23 Cemetery: Moro River Canadian War Cemetery, Italy Grave: Section X, Row G, Grave 12 Commemorated on Page 350 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on July 27 Son of James Ernest Kelly (1901-1929) and Margaret Daisy Hudson (1902-1947) of Kilburn, Victoria Co., New Brunswick, and the brother of Kinley Patrick Kelley (1922-1985), John William "Jack" Kelly (1924- 1995), Doris Eleanor Kelly (1926-1931), Chester B. Cornelius Christensen Kelly (1926-1996), and Ernestine Gladys Kelly (1929-2011). At enlistment, his mother was living in Kilburn, NB, and later moved to Aroostook Junction, Victoria Co., NB. His brother John was an Able Seaman serving on HMCS Montreal in the RCN, and his brother Kinley was a Private in the Canadian Army overseas during WWII as well. His stepfather was Harry S. Sloat whom his mother married in 1931, after Douglas’ father died in 1929. Douglas’ half siblings were Gerald Edward Sloat, Charles Carey Sloat (1939-1941), Robert Earl Sloat, Clara Annie Laura Sloat and Mary Evelyn Sloat. Douglas lived in Grand Falls, New Brunswick where he was born for his first 7 years, and next resided in Westport on Brier Island, Digby Neck for 9 years, before returning to New Brunswick and living Kilburn, Victoria County, NB. After enlisting in February of 1940, he trained at the Infantry Training Centre at Aldershot from March 7 to May 5, 1940, and departed Canada at Halifax on May 12, 1940. He disembarked at Liverpool, England in the United Kingdom aboard the SS Duchess of Bedford, arriving on May 22, 1940. On February 26, 1943, he was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, Greek Force, until March 19, 1943 (purpose of the ‘Greek Force’ is unknown). He subsequently returned to the Carleton and York Regiment. He embarked June 29, 1943, and disembarked in Italy on July 11, 1943. He was wounded December 13, 1943, and was in hospital until January 4, 1944, when he returned to his unit. Just over two months later, Corporal Douglas Ernest Kelly was killed in action on March 18, 1944. He is interred at the Moro River Canadian War Cemetery in Italy.

Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial findagrave