KEMP, Wilfred Foxton King
| Service Number: | 19104 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Bellingen, Bellingen, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 29 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burwood Memorial Arch, Melbourne Private Residence Memorial Window, Yeoval NSW Solicitors in WWI Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 19104, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 19104, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 29 May 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 19104, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 19104 awm_unit: 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-05-29 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Gunner Wilfred Foxton King-Kemp was a 27 year-old solicitor when he enlisted in 1916, aged 27. By May 1916 he was en route for England with 10th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, disembarking at Plymouth two months later. He transferred to the 23rd F.A.B. and proceeded to France in December 1916. His unit was in Belgium when Wilfrid received multiple gun shot wounds to his legs and arms on 10 April 1917. He was evacuated to hospital in Rouen, where he died on 29 May. He was buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. Added to his family’s distress was information that he was ‘improving’ one day, only to be visited the following day by the local clergyman with the news that he had died.