KEMSLEY, Alfred Newcombe
| Service Numbers: | 5971, VX80892 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Train |
| Born: | Prospect, South Australia, 29 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Prospect, Prospect, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Nailsworth Public School, SA |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brighton, Victoria, 24 February 1987, aged 90 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Crown Lands Department WW1 Honour Board, Prospect Roll of Honour G-Z WWI Board, Prospect St Cuthbert's Church Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5971, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 26 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5971, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 26 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5971, 4th Light Horse Brigade Train, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 21 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant | |
| 20 Jun 1919: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain | |
| 6 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 2nd Divisional Train |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Jul 1942: | Involvement Colonel, VX80892 | |
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| 11 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Melbourne, VIC | |
| 11 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Colonel, VX80892 | |
| 11 Jun 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Alfred Newcombe KEMSLEY was born in Prospect, South Australia on 29th March, 1896
His parents were Alfred KEMSLEY & Clare Kate NEWCOMBE
He married Glydus Annie May LOGG in the Pirie St. Methodist Church in Adelaide, South Australia on 6th September, 1921 - she died in Victoria on 12th October, 1922 less than 3 months after her son Ross was born
He remarried to Janet OLDFIELD in Victoria in 1925
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Alfred & Glydus son Ross Newcombe KEMSLEY (SN 417203) served in the RAAF during WW2 & died on 19th May, 1943
Biography
"MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL.
Mr. A. Kemsley, of Victoria street Prospect, has received a private cable message from his son, Second Lieut. A. N. Kemsley, stating that he has been awarded the meritorious service medal. Lieut. Kemsley, who is in his twenty-first year, enlisted at Adelaide abont two years ago as a private, and rapidly gained promotion to the rank of quartermaster-sergeant. He went to Egypt, and was later sent to France. At present he is attached to the headquarters of an infantry battalion on the west front. Prior to enlisting Lieut. Kemsley was a memeber of the staff of the Surveyor-General at Adelaide." - from the Adelaide Observer 18 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)
Cremated in March 1987 at Springvale Crematorium, Victoria, Australia - Funeral Service was attended by Sir Ernest Edward "Weary" Dunlop, AC, CMG, OBE
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