The Soldier's Details
- Surname:
- Kemp
- First Name:
- Edgar Charles
- Nick Name:
- Eddy
- Rank:
- Corporal
- Regimental #:
- WX7624
- Company:
- 'D' Company, No. 15 Platoon
- Enlisted:
- 10.08.1940
- Discharged:
- 14.12.1945
- DOB:
- 17.04.1907
- Place of Birth:
- Plaistow, Westham, East Sussex, England
- Father's Name:
- Albert James Kemp
- Mothers's Name:
- Rachael Clark Kemp
- Religion:
- Church of England
- Pre-war Occupation:
- Dairyhand
- Singapore:
- Selarang Camp Changi, Johore Bahru, Adam Park, Selarang Barracks Changi.
- Force:
- 'D' Force Thailand, S Battalion
- Camps Thailand:
- Kanu II, Hintok Mountain Camp, Tarsau, Tardan, Konkoita, Kinsaiyok, Chungkai, Tamarkan, Kanchanaburi, Nacompaton, Changmai, Nakom Nayok, Bangkok.
- POW#:
- 8733
- Return Details 1945:
- Bangkok-Singapore by aircraft, Singapore-Fremantle, HMT Moreton Bay
General Description
Prior to enlisting AIF, Eddie joined Toodyay 10th Light Horse Militia.
He enlisted AIF 10 Aug 1940 later joining 2/4th’s ‘D’ Company No. 15 Platoon becoming one of 4 Corporals under Commanding Officer Lt. Meiklejohn who was KIA 8 Feb 1942 when the Japanese first invaded Singapore. Platoon Sgt Solly was KIA and Sgt Tregenza later d. Burma-Thai Railway. Eddie was wounded in action 10 Feb fighting his way out from the west coast. He received a shrapnel wound to bicep of his left arm.
Please read further about D Company 15 Platoon
As POW Singapore he was initially accommodated Selarang Camp before leaving with work party to Johore Bahru and Adam Park, on which many 2/4th men went.
He was selected to work on Thai-Burma Railway with D Force Thailand S Battalion departing Singapore Railway Station 14 Mar 1943 for Thailand.
Please read about D Force Thailand S Battalion
When the war ended Eddy was recovered from Nakom Nayok Camp, Thailand.
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Anzac Day after 1946. L-R Claude Knott, Eddie Kemp, thought to be Harry Bunker and unknown.
Eddy passed away aged 96, April 24 2003, at Rockingham, WA.
Eddie and Toodyay 10th Light Horse with other 2/4th boys Mick Geary, Tom Tonkins.

Camp Locations:
- Adam Park Camp - Singapore
- Johore Bahru, - Malaysia
- Selarang Barracks Changi - Singapore
- Selarang Camp Changi - Singapore
- Chumphon - Thailand
- Chungkai, 60k - Thailand
- Hintok, 154k - Thailand
- Kanu 1 151.00k - Thailand
- Kanu II, 152.30k - Thailand
- Kinsaiyok Main, 170.2k - Thailand
- Nacompaton, Nakom Pathom Hospital - Thailand
- Nakom Nayok, Nakhon Nayok - Thailand
- Tamarkan, Tha Makham 56k - Thailand
- Tarsau, Tha Sao 125k - Thailand
- Tardan - Thailand