 F.S. Kelly (John Singer Sargent, 1915) | ||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Frederick Septimus Kelly | |||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1881 Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||
| Died | 13 November 1916 (aged 35) Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre, France | |||||||||||
| Education | Sydney Grammar School Eton College Balliol College, Oxford | |||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
| Club | Leander Club, Henley-on-Thames | |||||||||||
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Frederick Septimus Kelly DSC (29 May 1881 – 13 November 1916) was an Australian and British musician and composer and a rower who competed for Britain in the 1908 Summer Olympics.[1] He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during WWI and, after surviving the Gallipoli campaign, he was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme.[2]
- ^ "Frederick Septimus Kelly". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 7 November 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2015.