Morton Edward KEM

KEM, Morton Edward

    Service Number: 4222
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wagga Wagga NSW, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Grocer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 4 March 1917, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Warlencourt British Cemetery
    Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wagga Wagga Cenotaph
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 4222, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    30 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 4222, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
    4 Mar 1917: Involvement Private, 4222, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4222 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-04

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    Biography

    Morton Edward KEM was born in Wagga Wagga c. 1892 but his birth is not listed on the NSW BDM Index His parents were listed as James KEM and Sarah Elizabeth on one of the following links He joined on 7.9.1915 in Holsworthy, NSW - 3rd Battalion, 13th Re-inforcements He is also commemorated in Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7368838 https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=162001

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