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Kempster, Walter Francis Herbert

Service number:
41170
Nationality:
British

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
March 22nd, 1945
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:
March 29th, 1945
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

War Diary mentions

8 August 1944 WO 171/413 - 3 Infantry Division AQ
T/Lt-Col. GD Browne (34575) Hamps relinquished appointment GSO I & assumed appointment Comd. 9 Br Inf Bde. T/Lt-Col. WFH Kempster (41170) KSLI assumed appointment as GSO I. T/Lt-Col. CF Firbank (28072) Som LI relinquished appointment GSO I (L) on appointment CO 2 Lincolns.

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