Sergeant Alfred James Kemp
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Kemp,
Alfred James
Date of birth: 1879-08-26
Place of birth: Creemore Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Edwin A. Kemp, father. 2427 Pine Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Broker
Religion: Baptist
Date of death:
1915-12-27
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, K. 75.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 79306
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Kemmel
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 155240
LAC ID:
497418
Service file: B5069-S020
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Edwin Arthur Kemp and Ella M. Kemp of 7511 112th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta
The war diary of December 1915 vol. 2 p. 4 states that this man was killed in the trench by enemy trench torpedoes between 9 and 10.30pm.
This man had previously served with the 57th Peterboro for 7 years and for 1 year with the 48th Toronto Highlanders.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers and war diary. This man is on the CWGC site. [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2022-03-12