KIMPTON, Edmund William
| Service Number: | 263 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 263, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 263, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
Tribute Poem - Anzacs on the Beaches (by grandson David Kimpton)
There are six Anzacs in the Kimpton family – grandson David Kimpton and his wife are the family historians. This is a tribute poem after researching his grand father and great father and the distress and anguish on the Western front.
Anzacs on the Beaches
Anzacs on the beach, our men Dad and son together again We remember them.
Our boys united once were lost We got peace at their great cost We remember them.
We can hear the cannon blasts The bugle cry to march is past We remember them.
Thank you Father, you knew to go So I didn’t face that terrible foe We remember them.
Thank you God for our Anzacs lost Found today in peace, what cost We remember them.
Anzacs responded to the call Listen you can hear them fall We remember them.
Lone bugler standing on that hill Sounds the charge to march and kill We remember them.
Unknown soldiers no more today Here to say, thank you, now we pray We remember them.
Lest we forget Becomes our cry No more sons need to die Thank you for our peace today A hundred tears our years our way We remember them.
This poem is dedicated to Aunty Shirley and Aunty Edith, the daughters of our Anzacs.
Submitted 23 January 2015 by Julianne Ryan
Biography
Father Frederick Charles Kimpton and mother Margaret Kimpton (nee ______)
Prior to enlisting he lived at 107 Ardmillian Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria.
Previous service:
2 years Naval Senior Cadets
3 years ______ Scottish Regiment
Described on enlisting as 21 years 1 month old; single; 5' 8" tall; 161 lbs;
olive complexion; grey eyes; brown hair; Presbyterian.
15/8/1914 Enlisted in Melbourne
21/10/1914 Embarked from Melbourne on board HMAT Orvieto A3
as a Private with 5th Infantry Battalion, B Company to Alexandria
By chance, Edmund bumped into his father, Frederick Charles Kimpton, in Alexandria, Egypt.
5/4/1915 Embarked on board Novian to join British Expeditionary Forces, Gallipoli campaign
10/4/1915 Promoted to Corporal, at sea
26/4/1915 Gun shot wound to scalp, Dardanelles
29/4/1915 admitted to hospital, Heliopolos
20/5/1915 transferred to C Camp, Helouan
22/5/1915 tranferred Base details, Zetoun
8/6/1915 embarked on board Seeang Choon, for Dardanelles, ex Alexandria
14/6/1915 sick to hospital, Mudros, Lemnos
29/7/1915 admitted to hospital at Malta
26/8/1915 embarked on SS Invernia to Egypt, ex Malta
4/9/1915 embarked on SS Megantic, ex Alexandria
11/9/1915 rejoined battalion, Lemnos
7/11/1915 admitted with typhoid to No.1 Canadian Stationary Hospital
7/1/1916 embarked on HMT Empress of Britain, ex Alexandria
2/2/1916 to be Sergeant
17/2/1916 taken on strength into 57th Battalion,
8/4/1916 sick to hospital - diaorhea
12/5/1916 posted to 15th Infantry Training Battalion
20/5/1916 taken on strength 15th Training Battalion, Tel-El-Kebir
13/6/1916 embarked on board HMT Amazon, ex Alexandria
23/6/1916 disembarked into Plymouth, England
30/12/1916 proceeded overseas to France, onboard SS Princess Clementine
ex Folkestone, UK
31/12/1916 marched in from England to Etaples, France
7/1/1917 returned to duty, from detachment to 15th Infantry Training Battalion
29/1/1917 To be 2nd Lieutenant, in the field
25/3/1917 wounded in action, in the field
admitted to No.1 Casualty Clearing Station
28/3/1917 admitted with Gun shot wound to shoulder and hand, Rouen, France
13/4/1917 embarked on board Grantually Castle for England, ex Havre, France
14/4/1917 admitted with Gun shot wound to side, shoulder and hand
to Kitchener Military Hospital, Brighton, England
26/5/1917 transferred to 6th Australian Auxillary Hospital, Mouton Gardens
31/5/1917 transferred to Cobham Hall, England
21/7/1917 discharged to Australia, embarked on board A71 Euripeded
17/12/1917 discharged from service
Medals:
1914-15 Star (1917); British War medal (48546); Victory medal (4860).
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 23/1/2015. Lest we forget.