Ralph Mainwaring KEMP

Regimental number25/395
Date of birth16 July 1893
Place of birthBrooklyn, Auckland
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22.3
Height5' 9.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, Richard Kemp, Paparata, Bombay, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in 3rd Auckland Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date12 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 7), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard Kemp, King Edward Street, Papakura, Auckland, and the late Marian Kemp
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

No Form B103 on file: incomplete details.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 27 September 1916.

Admitted to No 39 Casualty Clearing Station, 8 October 1916 (dysentery); transferred to England, and admitted to 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, 24 October 1916; transferred to Dysentery Depot, Barton-on-Sea: progressing well, 21 December 1916.

Discharged to NZ Base, Codford, from NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 March 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 29 April 1917 (mumps); discharged to Convalescent Depot, Codford, 12 May 1917.

Rejoined unit, 21 July 1917.

Detached to Corps Bomb School, 4 September 1917; rejoined Bn, 17 September 1917.

Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.

War service: 2 years 1 day (of which 1 year 250 days was abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 15
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18056216

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