Willie Aubrey Kemp (1910 - 1986)

Born 11 Oct 1910 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 13 Jan 1986 at age 75 in Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Aubrey Kemp was a World War II hero, in that he survived duration in a Japanese POW camp in the Philippine Islands and returned home to Tennessee after the war.

I believe he partook of the infamous Bataan death march, and after the war he lectured at various schools and institutions about his experiences as a POW. He worked as a local police dispatcher.

My Uncle Bob Wilkins took me to visit with Aubrey's widow Maxine in September of 1999 and she gave us information and stories, and allowed us to copy/video photos of the family. She died after 2000. What a kind and generous lady.

"Inscription:

CPL US ARMY

WORLD WAR II

Burial:

Neill Cemetery

Savannah

Hardin County

Tennessee, USA" (findagrave)

Sources

• Find A Grave: Memorial #154112201

• SEE the Chester May Kemp Family Photos page at http://nathankempnetwork.4truth.info/cmk-phot.htm

Many Thanks to Imogene Kemp Jones, Tara Jones Rittenhouse, & Maxine Kemp for contributing the scanned photos!

• Sources in the form of censuses, marriage licenses, gravestone inscriptions, photographs, depositions, deeds, wills, etc., to be added over time...

• Some info based on family data found at

http://nathankempnetwork.4truth.info