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Kempthorne, John Selwyn

John Selwyn KEMPTHORNE
b: 1916
d: 27 NOV 1941
Biography
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records show
Name: John Selwyn Kempthorne
Rank: Private
Date of Death: 27/11/1941
Age: 25
Regiment/Service: New Zealand Infantry
Panel Reference: Column 103
Memorial: Alamein Memorial
Additional Information:
Son of Arthur Selwyn Kempthorne and Harriet Marie Kempthorne, of Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.

Evening Post 9 December 1941
N.Z.E.F. CASUALTIES
The following casualty was issued last night:-
KILLED IN ACTION.
...
KEMPTHORNE, John Selwyn, Pte. Miss K. M. Kempthorne, Takapuna, Auckland (sister)
...

Evening Post 10 December 1941
N.Z. ROLL OF HONOUR
DEATHS
KEMPTHORNE.- 13122 Pte. John Selwyn Kempthorne, aged 25 years, killed in action, Libya, November 27, 1941, onlt son of Mr. A. S. Kempthorne, Lower Hutt.
Facts
  • 1916 - Birth -
  • 27 NOV 1941 - Death -
Ancestors
   
John Pratt KEMPTHORNE
1849 - 18 SEP 1931
 
 
Arthur Selwyn KEMPTHORNE
1883 - 15 JAN 1946
  
  
  
Mary Louisa Unknown
1859 - 6 NOV 1939
 
John Selwyn KEMPTHORNE
1916 - 27 NOV 1941
  
 
  
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Harriet Maria Unknown
1875 - 19 DEC 1934
  
  
  
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Family Group Sheet - Child
PARENT (M) Arthur Selwyn KEMPTHORNE
Birth1883
Death15 JAN 1946
Marriageto Harriet Maria Unknown
FatherJohn Pratt KEMPTHORNE
MotherMary Louisa Unknown
PARENT (F) Harriet Maria Unknown
Birth1875
Death19 DEC 1934
Marriageto Arthur Selwyn KEMPTHORNE
Father?
Mother?
CHILDREN
FKathleen Millicent KEMPTHORNE
Birth1915
Death23 SEP 1997
Marriage1939to Arthur Leslie Ward at St James Anglican Church, Lower Hutt
MJohn Selwyn KEMPTHORNE
Birth1916
Death27 NOV 1941
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