Regimental number | 951 |
Place of birth | Castle Island, Co Kerry, Ireland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Kilfiling, Co Kerry, Ireland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 8" |
Weight | 144 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Maurice Fitzgerald, Kilfiling, Co Kerry, Ireland |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Northam, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 28th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/45/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A36 on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 48th Battalion |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt Embarked Fremantle, 29 June 1915; joined Bn in Tel el Kabir, Egypt, 10 January 1916. Admitted to 7th Field Ambulance, 19 January 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Ghezireh, 21 January 1916; to Rest Camp, Montezah, 26 January 1916; discharged from hospital and marched in to Overseas Base, Ghezireh, 23 February 1916. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 28 February 1916 (asthma); transferred to Ras el Tin Convalescent Depot, Alexandria, 23 March 1916; to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Ghezireh, 1 April 1916; discharged from hospital, 17 April 1916. Taken on strength of 48th Bn, Serapeum, 26 April 1916. Admitted to 12th Field Ambulance, 24 May 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to 54th Casualty Clearing Station, 27 May 1916; to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 2 June 1916. Invalided to Australia on board HT 'Port Sydney', from Cairo, 24 June 1916; disembarked Fremantle, 22 July 1916; discharged, 7 August 1916 (medically unfit: chronic bronchitis). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal; Victory Medal Medl stamp marked 'returned, 26 June 1944'. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FITZGERALD Michael |