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William Henry KITCHER

Regimental number4539
Date of birth25 February 1881
Place of birthGlen Morrison (near Walcha) New South Wales
SchoolGlen Morrison Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationGrazier
AddressPO, Maryborough, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Kitcher, Glen Morrison, Walcha, New South Wales
Enlistment date21 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name15th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/32/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 31 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll15th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialSt. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row P, Grave No. 20), Ploegsteert, belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
76
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas William and Elizabeth KITCHER, Glen Morrison, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1891 Pte Frank Herbert KITCHER, 1st Light Horse, returned to Australia, 15 November 1918; 3084 Pte George KITCHER, 33rd Bn, killed in action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 10 April 1918; 3085 Pte Stanley KITCHER, 33rd Bn, died of wounds, 18 October 1917.
Other detailsSon of Thomas William and Elizabeth (nee Bowden) Kitcher
Place of burialSt Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery,m Ploegsteert, Belgium. Plot 11 Row P, Grave 20

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