1901 Aug 11 born Hampshire
1911 census At Cambridge Barracks and Recruiting Office, Frances Street, Woolwich . His mother has remarried.
1917 Feb 23 enlisted in RN as a "Boy
1919 Feb 15 Invalided out with Fibroid Phthisis - A form of pulmonary TB associated with the formation of fibrous tissue in the lungs, and the gradual atrophy of the lungs
1921 Mar 21 enlisted in RIC with # 79969. Seaman & ex-Sailor
1921 Apr 19 posted Mayo
1922 . Feb 8 disbanded
1922 Mar 30 enlisted in Palestine Gendarmerie as a Constable
1925 Jul 31 leaves UK for Hong Kong. Crown Agents
1930 Nov 22 Married Ruby Isabel Jahme in Woolwich
1935 Mar 28 Arrives in UK from Hong Kong. He is a Police Sgt. Coupland Terrace, Plumstead, wife Ruby
Before the Japanese occupation was in charge of Hung Hom Police Station. Interned in Stanley, Hong Kong by the Japanese. His wife Ruby was exvacuated to Australia in June 1940. At Stanley Frederick Kelly was Secretary of the Catholic Action Group and a member of the choir together with his room mates Charles Mottram and Claude Byron
Kelly, Fred. The Diary of Inspector Fred Kelly of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force: compiled during his internment in Stanley Detention Camp (21 January 1942-31 August 1945). Hong Kong: Public Records Office, 1974. The is a box of his papers in IWM
1949 Solicitors looking for him. His mother maaied a Frank Kelly in 1901 and she re-married in 1907 the marriage cert says she was a "widow"
1949 Jul 21 At British Civil Police HQ in BAOR in Hamburg
1958 Apr 30 leaves London for Beira, Mozambique with wife "R I " he is an Innkeeper at Crothorne Inn, Crothorne, Berks They intend to settle in Rhodesia
1960 Dec 10 Registers as a voter in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central, Southern Rhodesia . He is living at Shamya Country Club where he is employed as Club Maager. He is also getting a Hong Kong Police pension, His wife is Club Caterer
1963 Apr 18 Arrives Australia from Beira. Wife Ruby I . Their address is Bobbin Head Rd, Turramurra, Sydney
1968 Apr/Jun died Dartford, Kent