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A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project

 

They made the Ultimate Sacrifice 

 

Arthur Eugene Kemp

 

Coder, V39976, RCNVR

 

Born:  06 Mar 1917, Trenton, Ontario

 

Died: 24 Nov 1944 at sea

 

Book of Remembrance

 

KEMP, Arthur Eugene Coder, V39976, RCNVR, MPK - 24 Nov 1944, HMCS SHAWINIGAN - son of Herbert and Dora Mae Kemp; husband of Phyllis Elsie Kemp, of Toronto, ON. 

 

Coder Arthur E. Kemp, 27, enlisted 2½ years ago. His wife lives at 164 Livingstone Ave. He was born in Belleville and educated at Trenton, where he was later employed at the airport. He trained here and at St. Hyacinthe, Que., after enlisting. He has two children, Rosalie and Philip.

 

Ships served in:

HMCS CATARAQUI

HMCS YORK

HMCS SHAWINIGAN - Drafted to Shawinigan 09 Jun 1944 as a Coder, RCNVR

 

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(1) Certificate of Service  (2) Training and Active Service record  (3-4) Service Summary  (5) Report of Death  (6) Letter to Coder Kemp's wife informing her he died when HMCS Shawinigan was sunk

 


 

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