Struan Bertram CHITTY

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Service Number:	2341
Enlisted:	13 May 1915, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burnley, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Burnley, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Burnley State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 25 October 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot LX1, Row G, Grave 12 Headstone inscription reads: Dearly loved and sadly missed,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

13 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2341, Melbourne
16 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 2341, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
16 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 2341, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
20 Aug 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal
25 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2341, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2341 awm_unit: 8 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-25

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Struan Bertram CHITTY was born in Burnley, Victoria in 1890

His parents were William CHITTY & Mary Ann HORSEY

He was Killed in Action at Zonnebeke, Beligum on 24th October, 1917