Harold enlisted 11 July, 1944, trained at No. 12 BTC., No. 1 District Depot Windsor, Camp Ipperwash and No. 2 transit Camp, Digby, NS. Pte Kemp was sent oversea 18/12/1944 arriving in England on Christmas Day 1944.

Harold was flown to North West Europe 12/02/1945 joining the Lincoln and Welland Regt. going immediately into action against the Germans defending the Rhine River against allied invasion of Germany. 

Date of Death: 21/04/1945, Killed in action around the Twenthe and Kusten Canals in Germany. Reported killed “instantly” by a German sniper while scanning the lay of the land with binoculars.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sources

City of Chatham Roll of Honour at McGeorge Bldg., Chatham, ON., CWGC, CDN (10-01-1945), And they never came back., Bill Siddall, Historian

Supplemental Information

Harold was the son of Holly and Hazel Kemp, of 108 Emma St.,Chatham, Ontario. He attended school at first in Louisville at S.S. # 3, Chatham Twsp. before the family moved to Emma St. Once in Chatham, Harold and his brother Elmer attended Blessed Sacrament School. He attended high school at Chatham Vocational School. As a boy he was a News carrier for the Chatham Daily News. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave/Memorial Reference: X. A. 15. Cemetery: HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY.

Age

19

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