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Son of Susan Alice Richardson, of Calgary.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
Richardson, Kemp Wetherall - Pilot Officer. Born 18th November, 1918, at Calgary, Alta. Educated at Elbow Park and Rideau Schools, and Western Canada High School, Calgary. Entered the service of the Bank 26th November, 1936. Served at Calgary city branches and Ponoka, Alta. Enlisted 12th June 1941, from Ponoka in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in January, 1942. Trained at Penhold, Edmonton and High River, Alta., Dauphin, Man., and Trenton, Ont. Appointed Flying Instructor at Yorkton, Sask., in January, 1942. Killed 3rd August, 1942, when the training plane he was flying crashed near Yorkton. Pilot Officer Richardson won the Calgary amateur golf championship in 1939
and 1941, and kept wicket for the South Calgary Cricket Club. He also won the Southern Alberta amateur golf championship in 1942. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Kemp Wetherall Richardson
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Edmonton Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Richardson, Kemp Wetherall - Pilot Officer. Born 18th November, 1918, at Calgary, Alta. Educated at Elbow Park and Rideau Schools, and Western Canada High School, Calgary. Entered the service of the Bank 26th November, 1936. Served at Calgary city branches and Ponoka, Alta. Enlisted 12th June 1941, from Ponoka in R.C.A.F. Pilot Officer in January, 1942. Trained at Penhold, Edmonton and High River, Alta., Dauphin, Man., and Trenton, Ont. Appointed Flying Instructor at Yorkton, Sask., in January, 1942. Killed 3rd August, 1942, when the training plane he was flying crashed near Yorkton. Pilot Officer Richardson won the Calgary amateur golf championship in 1939 and 1941, and kept wicket for the South Calgary Cricket Club. He also won the Southern Alberta amateur golf championship in 1942. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i>
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 109 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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CALGARY (BURNSLAND) CEMETERY Alberta, Canada
Calgary, in the south-western part of Alberta, is on both the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway, No2, 304 kilometres south of Edmonton.
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