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KEMPTHORNE, Daniel Henry
(Service number 24/491)

Aliases	Also known as Henry Daniel KEMPTHORNE
First Rank		Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth	Greendale, Canterbury, New Zealand

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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
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Death

Date	20 July 1915	Age	18
Place of Death
Cause	Pneumonia and brochitis following measles.
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	St Saviours Angligan Churchyard, Kirk Road, Templeton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Memorial Reference	Plot 226
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Southburn School War Memorial; Not on the Greendale War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Daniel Kempthorne was the son of James and Margaret Henerson Kempthorne, of Gloucester St., Templeton, Christchurch, New Zealand

Sources

Cenotaph database (October 2014)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Ann Munro, SC branch NZSG

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