Wing Commander Keith Malcolm Kemp

Service number 250728
Ranks Held Squadron Leader, Wing Commander
Birth Date 1918-02-09
Final Rank Wing Commander
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Unit No. 13 Squadron
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1943-08-13
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1943-08-19

Rolls

  • Honours and Awards:

    Unit
    No. 13 Squadron
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Squadron Leader
    London Gazette
    13 August 1943 on page 3632 at position 7
    Commonwealth Gazette
    19 August 1943 on page 1737 at position 17
  • Honours and Awards (Recommendation):

    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945

Timeline

Date of birth 09 February 1918
Other units 1940 Training at Essendon and Point Cook.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) 05 February 1940
Date promoted 28 June 1940 Pilot officer.
Other units 1940-08 Instructor at Camden, NSW.
Other units 1941-02 Instructor at Geraldton, WA.
Other units 1941-09 Instructor at Point Cook.
Other units 1941-12 N R course.
Date promoted 01 April 1942 Flight lieutenant.
Other units 1942-05 No 5 Service Flying Training School - Navigator instructor.
Other units 08 September 1942 Hudson Operation Training Unit.
Other units 10 November 1942 No 13 Squadron, Darwin.
Date promoted 03 March 1943 Acting squadron leader.
Other units 06 April 1943 No 2 Squadron, Darwin.
Other units 26 August 1943 Test flights, Laverton ,Vic.
Other units 26 December 1943 No 13 Squadron.
Date promoted 01 July 1944 Squadron leader.
Other units 18 January 1945 Commanding Officer of No 463 Squadron.
Date promoted 22 February 1945 Wing commander.
Other units 28 July 1945 Master Bomber No 54 Base, Coningsly, England.
Other units 12 October 1945 Air Base Staff Officer, No 55 Base, East Kirby, England.