Bayswater, Northern Casuals
WA

Josiah Albert Charles Kemp

Enlistment Date
20/08/1915
Age At Enlistment
22
Rank On Enlistment
Private
Rank Attained At War’s End
Staff Sergeant
Regimental No.
2693
Battalion
28th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
Fate
Returned
Fate Date
28/02/1919
Occupation
Letter Carrier
Place of Birth
London, England
Arrival in Australia
1911
Religion
Baptist
Marital Status
Single
Embarkation Details
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 2 November 1915

Josiah ‘Joe’ Kemp arrived in Perth from England at the end of 1911 with his parents. He was a goalkeeper and according to press reports was registered with the Bayswater club at the time of his enlistement in 1915. He left as a Private in the 28th Battalion, served in France, and by the time he returned in 1919 had been promoted to Staff Sergeant in the Dental Corps. However, it was his decade long post-war service between the posts for Northern Casuals in the 1920s where he was recognised as one the best goalkeepers in WA. Josiah Kemp married Phyllis Leonie in 1919 and had two children during their marriage. He passed away in 1961 at the age of 68.