William Thomas KEMP

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KEMP, William Thomas

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Redruth, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 11 October 1857
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Highgate Hill, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 January 1940, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Part B, Portion M
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Lieutenant, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

William Thomas Kemp was born on 11 Oct 1857 at Cornwall, England, a son to William George Kemp and Elizabeth Rachel Kemp (nee Honnor). It is unclear when he came to Qld, however, he married Elizabeth Bogan on 23 Jan 1882 in Qld and they raised 8 children. Records indicate he was serving in the Queensland Mounted Infantry, Mackay subdivision as an officer from 1891.

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