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KITSON, Eugene Henry
| Service Number: | 1067 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Adelaide South Australia, 28 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 August 1962, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria R.C section U/15895 by RSL |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Christian Brothers' College WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1067, 4th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1067, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 1067 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pauline Kitson
From SA Cricketing Site.
Our list of SACUSA ANZACS is growing as we uncover more service personnel within the Association history that is being researched. Today we acknowledge the WW1 contribution of Sheffield Shield umpire, Eugene Henry Kitson, a son of an esteemed Adelaide police detective. Eugene began his cricketing career with #AdelaideCricketClub during the 1906/07 season. In 1907 he suffered an awful injury at work that resulted in two of his fingers being amputated. That didn't exclude him from representing SA, though, in 1912/13. In 1914 he signed up to fight in the Great War, and was appointed to the 4th Field Ambulance, seeing action at Gallipoli and Dardanelles. In 1916, after suffering shrapnel and gun shot wounds to both knees, Eugene was invalided back to Australia. However, his cricket career continued, and he eventually umpired ten first class matches throughout the 1930s, including eight Sheffield Shields. He passed away in Melbourne in 1962 at the age of 72. Thanks for your efforts, Eugene ...