Kenneth James GITTUS

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Service Number:	196
Enlisted:	21 February 1916, An original member of A Company 40th Bn.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia, 14 November 1893
Home Town:	New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, France, 2 April 1917, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	H.A.C. Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, France Special Memorial, A.13.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bushy Park Gretna State School Roll of Honour, New Norfolk War Memorial

21 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 196, 40th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company 40th Bn.
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 196, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 196, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 196, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 196 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02

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His older brother, 6832 Pte. Leslie Albert Gittus 12th Battalion AIF, was killed in action seven months later, 3 November 1917, aged 25.

They were the sons of George and Harriet Gittus, of Gretna, Tasmania.