Peter Binning KEMP
Born 1884 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [30]
Apprentice for five years with locomotive manufacturers Hawthorn & Company in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [30]
Departed from London, England on the steamship Otranto and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 June 1913 [70]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Geraldton on 8 March 1915 [30: item 7382997]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 9½ inches tall, weighed 155 pounds and had blue eyes, light brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
Gave his next of kin as his father Jeinsh KEMP, whose address was 47 Lochend Street in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed to the 6th Reinforcements of the 3rd Field Company Engineers on 11 May 1915
Sapper 499 in the 3rd Field Company Engineers of the A.I.F. in Egypt, Gallipoli and France during the First World War [30]
In October 1916 allotted part of his pay to a Miss C. KEMP, care of Mrs SHAW at Rosecot in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland [30]
Hospitalised in France on 30 March 1917 after sustaining injuries to his head and face from an accident while off duty [30]
Suffering with left facial paralysis he was invalided from France to England on the hospital ship Jan Breydel in early April 1917[30]
He was assessed as being medically unfit for service having a deformed foot from previous years of wearing bad boots [30]
Discharged from the A.I.F. under the Australian Munition Workers' Scheme on 19 June 1918 in London, England [30]
Following his discharge he had to report to Australia House in London for work as an Australian Munition Worker [30]
Received the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Married (1) Nellie CHURCHILL in 1917 in Wiltshire, England [21]
Following his discharge he resided with his wife at Ivy Cottage at Tuckingmill in Tisbury, Wiltshire, England [30]
His wife Nellie passed away in Wiltshire, England at the age of 28 years in late 1918 [21]
Married (2) Lily MOXHAM in 1919 in Wiltshire, England [21]
Departed London, England with Lily on the steamship Omar and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 27 November 1921 [70]
In 1925 he was working as an Engineer and living with his wife Lily at 31 Central Avenue in the Perth suburb of Maylands [50]
At one point resided in bush in Western Australia, during which his camp was burnt out destroying his personal effects [30]
Engineer & Blacksmith in Carnamah in 1933 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Began advertising his business in The North Midland Times newspaper on 27 October 1933 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
His address was care of Reginald M. DIAMOND of Wooruk Farm in Carnamah [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Died 14 March 1936 in Northam, Western Australia [30]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Peter Binning Kemp ' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/peter-binning-kemp [reference list] |
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