Kemp Leddra VANDERVORD

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VANDERVORD, Kemp Leddra

Service Number:	966
Enlisted:	26 February 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	36th Heavy Artillery Group
Born:	Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 8 June 1886
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tramway Employee
Died:	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia, 1946, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
Memorials:	Double Bay War Memorial

World War 1 Service

26 Feb 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 966, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
10 May 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 966, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
10 May 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 966, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
31 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 966, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was given as South Head, Sydney, NSW. Previously served in the Royal Australian Garrison Artillery.

Son of James Henry Vandervord and Emily Horner Vandervord of Moorefield Street, Lakemba, NSW.

Commenced return to Australia on 11 May 1919 aboard HT Zealandia disembarking on 1 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1920c Kemp married Kate E. Cutteridge in Annandale, NSW

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