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KEMPSON, Clifford Herbert Aubrey
| Service Number: | 9637 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 11th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Houghton, South Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Highbury, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Well-borer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide, South Australia, 23 March 1942 |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) |
| Memorials: | Cudlee Creek Millbrook Public School Roll of Honour, Hope Valley & Highbury Heroes of the Great War Roll, Tea Tree Gully Hope Valley Methodist Church and District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 9637, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 9637, 11th Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 9637, 11th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Suevic, Adelaide | |
| 3 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 9637, 11th Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Modbury High School
Clifford Herbert Aubrey Kempson was born in 1888 in Houghton South Australia. His mother who he nominated as his next of kin was Emily Mary Kempson. Before going off to the war he worked as a well-borer.
Clifford Herbert Aubrey Kempson enlisted on the 22nd of February 1916 in Adelaide, South Australia when he was 28 years old. Whilst at war he served in the 11th Field Company Engineers as a Sapper. He embarked on the 31st of May 1916 on board HMAT Suevic.
Kempson was ill for much of his service and spent a significant amount of time in hospital before returning to Australia 1st February 1918, medically unfit. On the 3rd of May 1918 Clifford Herbert Aubrey Kempson was discharged of his service.
He died 23rd March 1942 and is buried at West Terrace Cemetery. Clifford Herbert Aubrey Kempson is remembered on multiple plague and boards such as the Tea Tree Gulley-Hope Valley Methodist Church and District Roll of Honor, the Cudlee Creek Millbrook Public School Roll of Honor and the Hope Valley and Highbury Heroes of the Great War Roll.
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