Norman Mcmanus KEMPTON

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KEMPTON, Norman Mcmanus

Service Numbers:	Q90839, QX50063
Enlisted:	9 June 1941, 1 Australian Composite Signals
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Division Signals
Born:	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 15 March 1922
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lad Porter
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 16 July 1989, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Hemmant Cemetery and Crematorium, Brisbane, Queensland
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World War 2 Service

9 Jun 1941:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Signaller, Q90839, 1 Australian Composite Signals
18 Mar 1943:	Involvement Signalman, QX50063, also Q90839
18 Mar 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX50063
18 Mar 1943:	Enlisted
10 Sep 1944:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Signaller, QX50063, ex Townsville per Katoomba for Thursday Island 1 Australian Army Signals
1 Apr 1945:	Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Signaller, 9th Division Signals
2 Aug 1945:	Discharged
2 Aug 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX50063

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Norman was the only surviving child of Richard Kempton (aka Wakelin, born 1898 in London, England) and Ann (Annie) McManus (born 1898 in Scotland). Richard - a Baker and a Printer - and Annie immigrated to Australia with Norman in 1923, and married in Ipswich, QLD in 1925. Following Richard's death in 1940, Annie remarried.

Norman was working as a Lad Porter in 1941 when he enlisted in the AMF as a Signaller (Service No:Q90839) with 1 Australian Composite Signals Section. He then enlisted in the Army in March 1943, serving as a Signaller (Service No:QX50063) with 1 Signals and 9 Signals. He was Discharged in August 1945, and in 1946 in Ipswich married Maibry Joan.

Norman and Maibry lived in Ipswich, QLD where Norman was a Public Servant before moving to Brisbane in the mid 1950's. Norman worked as an Accountant in Brisbane until his death in 1989.

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