KEMP, Harold Charles
| Service Number: | 6459 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 October 1916, Maryborough, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, 10 October 1895 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 27 September 1966, aged 70 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6459, Maryborough, Queensland | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6459, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6459, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6459, 26th Infantry Battalion, 2nd Passchendaele , Gas | |
| 13 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6459, 26th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...6459 Pte, Harold Charles Kemp. Born and educated at Gympie. He is the son of George and Henrietta Kemp, of Caledonian Hill, Gympie. Enlisted October, 1916, and went into camp at Enoggera. Sailed from Sydney on 24th December, 1916, with the 18th Rein, of 26th Batttalion. Landed at Plymouth, England, in March, 1917, and left England for France in June, 1917. Went over the top, at Polygon Wood, on 20th September, also at Zonnebeke on October 4th, 1917, and was gassed on the 30th October, 1917, at Passchendaele Ridge. Sent from hospital in France to south of England, where he was marked unfit for further service. Left Plymouth for Australia March 10th, 1918, and arrived in Brisbane in May, and was discharged in June, 1918." - from Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War
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