Ross Newcombe KEMSLEY

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KEMSLEY, Ross Newcombe

Service Number:	417203
Enlisted:	31 January 1942
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	11 Personnel Depot and Receiving Centre
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 18 July 1922
Home Town:	Prospect (SA), Prospect, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Wiltshire, England, England, United Kingdom, 19 May 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Salisbury (London Road) Cemetery, England, United Kingdom M 207, Salisbury (London Road) Cemetery, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

31 Jan 1942:	Involvement Sergeant, 417203
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 417203
19 May 1943:	Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 417203, 11 Personnel Depot and Receiving Centre

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alfred Newcombe Kemsley and Glydys Annie May Kemsley, of Brighton, Victoria, Australia.

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Ross Newcombe KEMSLEY was born in Carlton, Victoria on 18th July, 1922

His parents were Alfred Newcombe KEMSLEY & Glydus Annie May LOGG who married in the Methodist Church in Adelaide, South Australia on 6th September, 1921 - she died in Victoria on 12th October, 1922 less than 3 months after Ross was born

His father Alfred was a Captain during WW1 (SN 5971) and a Colonel during WW2 in the Australian Army (SN VX80892) - he had remarried to a Janet OLDFIELD in 1925 in Victoria

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Ross Newcombe Kemsley 417203 RAAF was killed when RAF Tiger Moth N9198 crashed in Wiltshire, England

Sergeant Robert Frederick Gauvin 414555 RAAF survived the crash

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