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Frederick Septimus KellyFrederick Septimus Kelly (born 29 May 1881 in Sydney, Australia, died 13 November, 1916, Beaucourt-sur-Ancre, France) was a British and Australian rower, composer and soldier. Educated at Sydney Grammar School, Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford, Kelly became a gifted oarsman as well as an accomplished musician. As a rower, he rowed for Oxford against Cambridge in 1903, was a winner five times at Henley Royal Regatta, and won an Olympic gold medal in 1908 for Great Britain, rowing in the Leander Club men's eight. In music, he performed with the London Symphony Orchestra and gave recitals in Sydney and London. His papers are held in the National Library of Australia. In September 1914, Kelly enlisted as a sub-lieutenant, in the same battalion as the poet Rupert Brooke, in whose memory Kelly composed his Elegy for Stringed Orchestra. For his service in Gallipoli, Kelly received the Distinguished Service Cross. He later served in France, where he was killed in action in the Somme while attacking a German machine gun placement. Kelly, Frederick Septimus Kelly, Frederick Septimus
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