Cyril Ray KITSON

KITSON, Cyril Ray

Service Numbers: WX929, WX929
Enlisted: 11 November 1939
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born: Albany, Western Australia, Australia, 26 May 1911
Home Town: Albany, Albany, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia, 7 July 1991, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia
FC00019955 Fremantle Cremation
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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World War 2 Service

11 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX929, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
11 Apr 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX929, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown: Involvement Private, WX929 , 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Al Staunton

Albany Advertiser (WA : 1897 - 1950), Monday 23 June 1941, page 4

OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE
(By "Allrounder").

Another Married "Digger."—

Pte. Cyril Kitson, an Albany ''digger" of the A.I.F. who is reported missing is a member of a well known Albany family. He is a married man with a small family. His brother, Mr. Hubert Kitson, is a member of the Eclipse Island lighthouse staff and another brother, Mr. Clem Kitson, is well known in local railway circles. Private Kitson was among the first Albany enlistments in the A.I.F. Prior to enlisting he was employed at Day and Phillips, the well known Albany bakers.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70424459

Albany Advertiser (WA : 1897 - 1954), Thursday 11 June 1942, page 7


GREETINGS FROM BEHIND

THE BARBS.
PRISONERS OF WAR WRITE.


The Secretary of the local branch of the R.S.L., recently received greetings from Pte. Cyril Kitson, a former Albany lad, who will be remembered as a popular deliverer of the daily bread per medium of Messrs. Day and Phillips' cart. The note comes from Stalag, in Germany. It was written on the 23rd November, but was received only recently. Cyril wrote:—"Just a few lines to let you know I am still alive and kicking, and hoping that you and the rest of the brothers are the same. I suppose you have heard before now what happened to most of the 6th Division in Greece and on Crete, so I will leave it at that. I will close by wishing you all the compliments of the season. Hoping to hear soon."

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70431033

 

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