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HITCH, Kenneth Pringle
(Service number 82530)

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Birth

Date	23/04/1895	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	King Street, Timaru
Occupation	Tinsmith
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mr W. HITCH (father), Stafford Street, Timaru
Religion	Congregational
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Death

Date	7 June 1983	Age	88 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Crematorium & Cemetery, Wellington
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Kenneth Pringle Hitch was the second son of Watson and Isabella (Bella, née Kellahan) Hitch, and a brother of Gordon Edgar Hitch who died of wounds in 1918 and of Leonard John Watson Hitsch who also served in World War One..Like his brothers he was educated at the Timaru Main School.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal ffairs) [18 February 2017]; Karori crematorium & Cemetery records (Wellington City Council) [18 February 2017]

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