Commemorative Scroll - Private Albert Edward Kemp, 1917

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Summary:: Commemorative scroll, issued in memory of Private Albert Edward Kemp, who was killed in action on the Western Front in World War I in 1917. The scroll commemorates those who fell and pleads that they not be forgotten.

Albert Edward Kemp was a 32-year-old butcher living in Caulfield and married to Annie Josephine, when he enlisted. He and Annie had a daughter, Ethel Mavis, and a baby son, George Percival. Albert enlisted at Royal Park on 4 October 1916, and was assigned to the 22nd Reinforcements, 6th Battalion - regimental number 6800. His battalion left Melbourne 25 October 1916 - just 21 days after he enlisted. He was shipped to France on 27 March, and probably went into action in the trenches. On 21 September 1917, Albert died in the trenches in Glencorse Wood, Belgium. He is buried at 29 The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Description:: Headed with decorative coat of arms and the text 'GVRI'.
Inscribed in red at bottom 'Pte. Albert Edward Kemp / 6th. Bn. A.I.F'.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	2.00 cm (Height), 20.30 cm (Width), 25.70 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	wars conflicts, death mourning, world war i 1914-1918
Themes this item is part of:	Australian Imperial Forces (AIF), 6th Battalion Diary Extract, September 1917, Albert Edward Kemp Mourning Collection, Albert Edward Kemp, AIF (1884-1917), Public Life & Institutions Collection
Primary Classification:	MILITARY HISTORY
Secondary Classification:	Service
Tertiary Classification:	memorial scrolls
Inscriptions:	Text: GVRI/He whom this scroll commemorates/was numbered among those who/at the call of King and Country, left all/that was dear to them, endured hardness,/faced danger, and finally passed out of/the sight of men by the path of duty/and self-sacrifice, giving up their own/lives that others might live in freedom./Let those who come after see to it/that his name be not forgotten/Pte. Albert Edward Kemp/6th. Bn. A.I.F.
Date Made:	Victoria, Australia, 1917
Person Named:	Private Albert Kemp - 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Victoria, Australia, 1917