KEMPSHALL, Arthur Reginald
| Service Numbers: | 725, N27511 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 5 Workshop Company |
| Born: | Eastbourne, England, 1 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Palmer Island, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Natural causes, Bannkstown, New South Wales, 8 April 1963, aged 69 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 725, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 725, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 725, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 725, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 725, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 725, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd occasion | |
| 11 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 725, 9th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, 3rd occasion - GSW (left hand) | |
| 21 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 725, 9th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Private, N27511, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Oct 1943: | Discharged Staff Sergeant, N27511, 5 Workshop Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"725 Private Arthur Reginald KEMPSHALL, a 21 year old Carpenter from Palmers Island, Clarence River, New South Wales. KEMPSHALL was an Imperial Reservist and called up as 11398 Driver Arthur Reginald KEMPSHALL, Royal Field Artillery, however, he enlisted with the AIF on 29 August 1914 and was allotted to the 9th Battalion, D Company which embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A5 Omrah on 24 September 1914. KEMPSHALL subsequently was Wounded in Action, 25 April 1915, then again on 17 August 1915, and then again on 11 November 1915. During the Great War, KEMPSHALL Returned to Australia, 11 April 1916." - SOURCE (alh-research.tripod.com)
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