John Russell KEMMIS

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Service Number:	125
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 1890
Home Town:	Greenwich, Lane Cove, New South Wales
Schooling:	New England Grammar School, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Sydney Commonwealth Bank of Australia Great War Honour Roll

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 125, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 125, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 125, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
29 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 125, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 125 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06

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Son of Arthur and Annie Elizabeth Kemmis of Kingslangley Road, Greenwich, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal