KITSON H.S.

Given Names:  Harold Strachan

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Unit:  Australian Flying Corps No. 2 Squadron                                                                   

Rank:  Lieutenant                                                                                                            

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Age:  21 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Engineering Student                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  6 Ft  0 In                     

Weight:  138 Lbs

Chest:  32-36 In

Hair:  Light Brown

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  5/10/1916

Place:  Morphetville, Sth Aust

Next of Kin:  FATHER  James Kitson

c/- Goldsborough Mort & Co Ltd, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria                                  

Embarkation Date:  25/10/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Ulysses A38

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps                                                                                                         

Rank:  2nd Lieutenant

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  52457

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  24/10/1894

Place:  Essendon, Victoria                       

Father:  James Chomley KITSON            

Mother:  Annie STRACHAN

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 15/6/1917                          

Place: Lincoln, England                           

Burial:  Lincoln Cemetery, Lincolnshire, England

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Killed in an aeroplane accident three miles north east of South Carlton, near Lincoln

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Camberwell State School

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 356935

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Address on enlistment - 23 Berry Street, Kew