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Arthur Allan Kemp

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Pre war

Arthur Kemp

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Allan AWMM
  • Surname
    Kemp AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    10079 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    11 February 1913 Public - Ross - Other Relative - 19 August 2015 - B D M Records
  • Place of birth
    Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. Public - Ross - Other Relative - 19 August 2015 - B D M Records
  • Birth notes
    B D M Records Public - Ross - Other Relative - 19 August 2015 - B D M Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 60A North Street, Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Kemp (mother), 211 Vogel Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    10079 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Clerk AWMM
    Timaru, Canterbury AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Arthur Kemp was the son of Harry Gordon and Ellen Kemp, of Eketahuna, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM
    • Eketahuna District High School Roll of Honour 1939-45 Public - Elli - Researcher - 8 June 2020 - Eketahuna Primary School Centennial and D.H.S. Re-Union, published 1979

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2106791
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 101 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
09 June 2020ElliWellington, NZResearcher
10 December 2018DeborahPortland, OR, USADirect descendant
19 August 2015RossBulls, New ZealandOther Relative

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