A Family Heirloom – Gary Martin

From Gary Martin – Grandson of Thomas Kempt

The following letter was one my Grandfather Thomas Kempt received.  He was ex Royal Navy and came to Australia in 1919 with his wife and my mother who was only one year old.  Initially they lived in a tent at Ora Banda but later shifted to Kalgoorlie and lived at 28A President Street.  Tom was involved in the recovery of the remains of Pitman and Walsh from the mineshaft after their murder.My grandfather died in about 1931 so I never knew him.

Murdered! Foully and diabolically murdered! That was the tragic fate which befell Detective-Inspector John Walsh and Detective-Sergeant Alexander Pitman while in the execution of their duty at Kalgoorlie a little over a fortnight ago. The full story – http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58241608#

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Moya Sharp

Owner at Outback Family History

My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.

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