KEMP, Raymond Robert
| Service Numbers: | 286, Q218348 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Clifton, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 16th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, 20 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Mackay State School |
| Occupation: | Dental assistant |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 12 February 1972, aged 81 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 286, Clifton, Queensland | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 286, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 286, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 286, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 13 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, Dental Details: AIF | |
| 3 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 286, Dental Details: AIF |
World War 2 Service
| 15 Sep 1942: | Enlisted Lieutenant, Q218348, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Ayr, Queensland | |
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| 15 Sep 1942: | Enlisted | |
| 16 Sep 1942: | Involvement Lieutenant, Q218348, 16th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...286 Staff Sergeant Raymond Robert Kemp. Born at Mackay and educated at the Mackay State and High Schools. Son of William Thomas and Elizabeth Kemp, of Highgate Hill, South Brisbane. On the 10th March, 1920, was married to Winifred May Fern, daughter of the late Matthew, and the late Adelaide Mary Fern. Enlisted 23rd August, and embarked 23rd September, 1914, with 2nd Light Horse Regiment. Saw service at Egypt and Gallipoli, where he was wounded, and invalided to Malta. During convalescence was appointed Assistant Dentist to Captain Rust. Was later sent to England with enteric fever, and contracted bronchial pneumonia, and classified as unfit for further active service, and resumed duty with the 9th Dental Unit at Southall (London), Codford, and Wareham. Returned on "Karoola " in January, 1919, and discharged in June, 1919." - from Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War
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