KEMP, John
| Service Number: | 56 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 April 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 27 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Engine Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba St Stephen's Church WWI Memorial Tablet, Toowoomba St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 56, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 24 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 56, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 24 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 56, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane | |
| 4 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 56, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 17 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 56, 26th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (arm) | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 56, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Kemp enlisted 30 April 1915, age 20 years 4 months, almost same day as his brother Alexander, original A Company 26th Battalion, and they both served at Gallipoli from September 1915. John joined his unit in France in June 1916. Eight weeks later he was killed in action at Pozieres. He was only 21. He has no known grave.
His brother, 102 Pte. Alexander Kemp, 26th Battalion AIF had died of wounds at Gallipoli on 23 September 1915, at 19 years of age. Another older brother, 5361 Pte. William McFarlane Kemp, also of the 26th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Bullecourt 9 May 1917, aged 29. A fourth brother, James Kemp, was sent home to Australia later in 1917 by the authorities on account of his three brothers having lost their lives.
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