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Summary:: 'In Memoriam' certificate with small photo of Private Kemp inscribed '6th Bn Glencross [actualy Glencorse] Wood 2nd Brigade'. Private Albert Edward Kemp was killed in action in Belgium during World War I, on 21 September 1917. Kemp left a widow and two young children, who probably treasured this certificate (his wife would have received it as his next of kin).
Description:: 'In Memoriam' certificate with small photo of Private Kemp inscribed '6th Bn Glencross Wood 2nd Brigade'. Allegorical figure of Glory holding banner inscribed 'ANZACS', with scene of sea, Middle Eastern town and prone soldier. Unframed. Insect damage; small loss to text has been in-filled by hand.

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	50.50 cm (Height), 40.50 cm (Width)

Tagged with:	death mourning, wars conflicts, world war i 1914-1918
Themes this item is part of:	Albert Edward Kemp Mourning Collection, Albert Edward Kemp, AIF (1884-1917), 6th Battalion Diary Extract, September 1917, Public Life & Institutions Collection
On Display at:	Melbourne Museum
Primary Classification:	MILITARY HISTORY
Secondary Classification:	Death & Mourning
Tertiary Classification:	certificates
Inscriptions:	Text: Palestine/Jerusalem, from Golgotha/IN MEMORIAM/Egypt/The/Pyramids/Anzacz, you've graved your name upon Immortal Scroll,/Naught can compare with what the World acclaims/Zenith of a fighting patriot soul/A host of heroes, you have but echoed back/with Clarion tongue/the Spartan Sires from whom you fitly sprung/Coo-ee! Comrades, Kia Ora your distant cousin/will ever be/Sacred to all Eternity/6800A/PRIVATE A.E. KEMP/6th Battalion 2nd Brigade/Glencross Wood.
In Memory Of:	Private Albert Kemp - 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 1917 or later
Bibliography:	[Book], Garrie Hutchinson, Remember Them; a Guide to Victoria's Wartime Heritage, Hardie Grant Books, Melbourne, 2009, 30-2 Pages