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Private Arthur Kite

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Kite, Arthur
Date of birth: 1882-05-22
Place of birth: Brighton Sussex England
Name of next of kin: Cordelia Doel
Relationship of next of kin: Sister
Address of next of kin: St. John’s Lodge, Warminster, Wiltshire, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Hotel Porter
Address: 256 Jarvis Street, Toronto, Ontario
Height: 64 inches
Religion: Church of England
Date of death: 1921-02-05
Cause of death: Died of illness
Buried: Prospect Cemetery, Veterans Plot

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Private (124th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 18th Battalion, Infantry 1916-10-11 to 1919-05-24
  2. Private, 124th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-01-05 to 1916-10-10
Degree of service: Europe

Images

Arthur Kite's gravestone in the Veterans Plot, Prospect Cemetery, St. Clair Av. West, Toronto, Ont.
Arthur Kite's gravestone in the Veterans Plot, Prospect Cemetery, St. Clair Av. West, Toronto, Ont.

RESEARCH INFORMATION

LAC ID: 502014
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5212-S011
Uploader's Notes:

Further research is required to link the man remembered on this gravestone with an attestation. There are attestations available for two men with the name Arthur Kite. The best possible match is Arthur Ernest Kite, 769711, who was a Toronto resident when he enlisted in January 1916. Attestation.

Arthur Kite was buried at Prospect Cemetery, St. Clair Av. West, Toronto, Ont. A special Veterans' plot was set aside in this cemetery in 1917 to be used for returned soldiers. This was a project of the cemetery and the Great War Veterans' Association. The first interment in this plot was made on August 5th, 1917. (Toronto Star - Sept. 14, 1917).

A Cross of Sacrifice is central to the Veterans' plot at Prospect. This Cross was unveiled on Sunday June 4th, 1922. (Toronto Star - June 3, 1922).

Kite's gravestone (see attached photograph) is marked as follows:

ARTHUR KITE
SOLDIER
CANADIAN ARMY
5 FEBRUARY 1921

Source: M. I. Pirie

Uploader's Research notes:

Son of Joseph Thomas Kite and Cordelia Kite (nee Locke)

124th Battalion Nominal Roll

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2008-07-15
Last modified: 2022-08-23