{"id":2227,"date":"2015-03-20T23:30:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T13:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelgenee.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2024-10-26T18:56:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T08:56:38","slug":"friday-family-history-finds-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/friday-family-history-finds-week-1\/","title":{"rendered":"TravelGenee’s Friday Family History Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2229\" src=\"http:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Friday-FH-Finds-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Friday Family History Finds\" width=\"255\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Friday-FH-Finds-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Friday-FH-Finds-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Friday-FH-Finds-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Friday-FH-Finds-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Friday-FH-Finds-335x335.jpg 335w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Friday-FH-Finds.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>This is the first in what may become a regular post: TravelGenee’s Friday Family History Finds. They will be interesting bits and pieces I have found recently while researching my own family history.<\/p>\n<p>Week #1 of TravelGenee’s Friday Family History Finds<\/p>\n<p>I have had online access to Francis KITTO’s military records for a few years now however the writing is unclear in many sections and I need to learn more about understanding the military short hand so I was uncertain if he was involved with the Gallipoli campaigns in World War 1. This week I found a notice in the Evening Post from Wellington, New Zealand, mentioning he had spent “eight months <strong>on<\/strong> Gallipoli”.<\/p>\n<p>See the third paragraph for details on Private F Kitto.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2228\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2228\" class=\"wp-image-2228 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/0236-paperspast-death-francis-kitto-1918-527x1024.jpg\" alt=\"PapersPast: F KItto\" width=\"510\" height=\"991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/0236-paperspast-death-francis-kitto-1918-527x1024.jpg 527w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/0236-paperspast-death-francis-kitto-1918-155x300.jpg 155w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/0236-paperspast-death-francis-kitto-1918-98x190.jpg 98w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/0236-paperspast-death-francis-kitto-1918-41x80.jpg 41w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/0236-paperspast-death-francis-kitto-1918-173x335.jpg 173w, https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/0236-paperspast-death-francis-kitto-1918.jpg 902w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PapersPast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Francis KITTO<br \/>\nBirth 29 Mar 1881 in Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zealand.<br \/>\nDeath 25 Nov 1918 in Military Hospital Suttonberry, UK.<\/p>\n<p>Copy:<\/p>\n<div>Mr. F. Kitto, Manners-street, has re-<\/div>\n<div>ceived advice that his eldest son, Pri-<\/div>\n<div>vate Francis Kitto (Australian Forces),<\/div>\n<div>died of in\ufb02uenza at Sutton Veny Military<\/div>\n<div>Hospital on 25th November. The late<\/div>\n<div>Private Kitto had had nearly four years\u2018<\/div>\n<div>service\u2014eight months on Gallipoli and<\/div>\n<div>the remainder in France. He was twice<\/div>\n<div>wounded, and on the first occassion had<\/div>\n<div>to undergo eight operations for shrapnel<\/div>\n<div>wounds. Private Kitto was born in Wel-<\/div>\n<div>\u2018linglon, 36 years ago, and received his<\/div>\n<div>education at Mount Cook and TeAro<\/div>\n<div>Schools. Previous \u2018to his enlistment he<\/div>\n<div>was employed in the Railway Depart-<\/div>\n<div>ment, Sydney. He is a brother of Mr.<\/div>\n<div>A. Kitto, well known in Rugby football<\/div>\n<div>circles in this city.<\/div>\n<p><a title=\"My Family History Blog Index\" href=\"https:\/\/travelgenee.com\/my-family-history-blog-index\/\">My family History<\/a> for 12 December 1918.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Did you have any interesting finds this week? Feel free to comme<\/strong>nt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first in what may become a regular post: TravelGenee’s Friday Family History Finds. They will be interesting bits and pieces I have found recently while researching my own family history. 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