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NAME: Kitson, Arthur Frederick (real name Williams)
RANK: Lance Corporal
UNIT: Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Forces
BATTALION ETC: 7th Battalion, C Company
REGIMENTAL NUMBER: 116
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH: Killed in action 8th May 1915 Gallipoli
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli)
OTHER INFORMATION: Lived at 189 Bourke Street, Melbourne. Enlisted 17th August 1914. Father J Williams of 11 Pimlico Place, Church Path, Portsmouth, Hants. He left this address late 1919. see copy below of letter in Australian archives. Arthur had said to Fannie Day in the 4 years that he had known her that his parents were dead - ref Australian archives. Next of Kin given in records as Miss Fannie Day, 44 Hawke Street, West Melbourne (formerly 38 Hawke Street).
