Cecil Robert KEMBLE

Regimental number20168
Date of birth1 December 1894
Place of birthCarterton, Wairarapa
SchoolCarterton High School
OccupationBank clerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs C J Kemble, 21 High Street, Carterton
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 61 Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Other detailsJoined the Bank of New South Wales on probation, Carterton branch, 23 January 1913. Placed on staff, April 1913; transferred to Wellington branch, November 1913.
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Special Memorial , C.9), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles John and Katherine Kemble, Carterton, Wairarapa
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 30
'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 213.

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