Harry Ernest Thurston

First name	Harry Ernest
Initials	H E
Surname	Thurston
Birth Town	Maidstone Ancestry tells us Harry Thurston was born in Maidstone in 1880 and lived in Maidstone at the 1891 Census.
Resided Town	Maidstone may be at 54 Dover Street and later 304 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Nationality	British
Date of Death	25/04/1915
Fate	Killed in Action at Gallipoli
Rank	Private
Service Number	609
Duty Location	Gallipoli
Campaign Medals	1914/15 Star Gallipoli Star
Service	Australian Imperial Force
Regiment
Battalion	6th Battalion
Commemorated	Britain on the Remembrance Board at the Parish Church of St Michael & All Angels, Maidstone Lone Pine Memorial in Turkey

Harry’s sister Esther lived at 54 Dover Street, Maidstone. She attended the Church of St Michael & All Angels and had her brother’s name added to the Remembrance Board.

‘Harry Ernest Thurston was already 35 years of age when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 20th August 1914 in Melbourne, Victoria, where he lived at 304 Spencer Street. He became a private (609) in the 6th Battalion.’