Service Details
Name:
 KEMPEN
Given Name:
 WILLIAM
Initials:
 W
Service No:
 207066V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 17 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1944-02-12
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Age:
 29
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lockheed PV-1 Ventura Mk V #FP593, missing Maritza airfield
Additional
Information:
Son of Gerhardus Petrus and Jacoba J. Kempen, of Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa. A mine overseer. Also known as Leon Kempen
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 282.

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