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KEMPSTER, Felix Oswald Leonard

Service Numbers:	1311, 1311A, Q123215
Enlisted:	27 January 1916, Cadets
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Born:	Caterham, Surrey, England, 7 March 1898
Home Town:	Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Ballina, New South Wales, Australia, 23 August 1975, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

27 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1311, Camel Corps, Cadets
3 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Regiment
7 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 11th Light Horse Regiment
17 Oct 1919:	Honoured Military Medal, Al Seniakh, 25/9/1918, gallant in attack and killed a German officer Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 119
14 Dec 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1311A, 11th Light Horse Regiment, 1st MD - granted leave to visit USA to gain Agricultural irrigation expertise.

World War 2 Service

22 Dec 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, Q123215, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
22 Dec 1941:	Enlisted
14 Jul 1944:	Discharged

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