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Arthur Edgar Kemp

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Photograph of Arthur Edgar Kemp, missing on operations. Image published in the Auckland Weekly News, 29 September 1943. Image kindly provided by Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19430929-20-14. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Arthur Edgar Kemp, missing on operations. Image published in the Auckland Weekly News, …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Edgar AWMM
  • Surname
    Kemp AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ414638 AWMM
    • WWII 414638 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 January 1920 Births, Deaths, and Marriages Online
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Hamilton AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Chemist/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2
    1943 AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • In August 1943, whilst completing a strike in the Gulf of Cagliari, Warrant Officer Kemp encountered Flighters of Flack, the crew Belly-Flopped and spent 8 hours in a Dinghy before being rescued by an Italian Fishing Boat (Goldfish Club). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1998 Births, Deaths, and Marriages Online
  • Date of death
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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