Roy Charles Vincent KEMP

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KEMP, Roy Charles Vincent

Service Number:	QX29109
Enlisted:	31 December 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1911
Home Town:	Woodford, Moreton Bay, Queensland
Schooling:	Woodford State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Dairy Farmer
Died:	Stroke, Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1989, aged 78 years
Cemetery:	Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld Cremation wall
Memorials:	Woodford Honour Roll, Woodford Methodist Circuit Memorial Lamp Shades

World War 2 Service

31 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX29109
13 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX29109

Roy C V Kemp

Roy enlisted in 1941 at the age of 30. He had a wife, Madge, and a young daughter, Delma. Prior to enlisting he worked as a dairy farmer in Woodford Queensland.
During the war he worked as a linesman in the Signals Corp along the Kokoda Track.
After the war, Roy initially returned to the family dairy farm before joining the Post Master General as a linesman, which he continued to do until his retirement in 1972.
Roy and Madge had 4 daughters and settled in Redcliffe Queensland.

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