Second Lieutenant

Richard Henry Kember

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the late Arthur and Marion Kember.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
6/836
Name:
Richard Henry Kember
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Miss E. Kember, Bryn-hy-fryd, Saint Mellons, near Cardiff, Wales
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Care of Richard Allen, Lower Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
20 September 1916
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Lyttelton, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 4
HMNZT 11
Vessel:
Tahiti or Athenic
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
France
Richard Henry Kember
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