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Cenotaph record

William Edward Kemp

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Kemp AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ4214740 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 April 1903 AWMM Reading, Berkshire AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 28 November 1942 AWMM 1560 Dominion Road Extension, Mount Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs N. Kemp (wife), 1560 Dominion Road Extension, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 2 children AWMM

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
    WW2 28 November 1942 AWMM
    Age 39 AWMM
    Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died from an angina attack AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Nina

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information in the Death Notice AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 March 1964 AWMM
    Age 60 AWMM
    Mount Roskill, Auckland City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Cremation Lawn Old Row A2, Plot 10 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 28 March 1964 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Correspondence with family AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 28 March 1964 AWMM

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