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Name	Sir David Victor Kelly
Born	14 September, 1891 College Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	27 March, 1959 (aged 67) Inch, Wexford, Ireland
Cause of Death	stroke
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	St Paul's School (London) (student, 1903-1908) Oxford University (student, 1910-1913)
Occupation or Descriptor *	defence forces personnel (British) (1914-1919) Overseas diplomat (1919-1951) Overseas
Military Service *	World War I (British army officer)
Awards	Military Cross (recipient, 1917)

* Dates are approximate

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