Lance Corporal LESTER HITCH
Service Number: VX25603
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Australian Infantry
A.I.F. 2/24 Bn.
Date of Death
Died 02 May 1941
Age 25 years old
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- Country of Service Australian
- Awards Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Son of Ernest Robert and Elsa Mary Hitch; stepson of Ethel Violet Hitch, of Portarlington, Victoria, Australia.
- Personal Inscription OUR DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON LESTER. "LEAD KINDLY LIGHT"
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