| Accession Number | P04468.003 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Date made | c May 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 1572 Driver (Dvr) Phillip Sydney King Kemp, 1st Reinforcements, 30th ...
Description
Studio portrait of 1572 Driver (Dvr) Phillip Sydney King Kemp, 1st Reinforcements, 30th Battalion, of Burwood, NSW. An insurance inspector prior to enlisting on 10 May 1915, he embarked from Sydney aboard HMAT Beltana on 9 November 1915. Dvr Kemp was given the service number 3538 when he transferred to the 101st Howitzer Battery, Australian Field Artillery. He was wounded in action - gassed - at Passchendaele, Belgium, and died on 18 October 1917. His brother, 19104 Gunner Wilfred Foxton King Kemp, 28th Battery, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, died on 29 May 1917, in France, aged 28 years. He was a descendant of Phillip Gidley King, Third Governor of NSW, one of over 50 whom served in the First World War.