Regimental number | 4294 |
Place of birth | Huntsgrove, Manilla, New South Wales |
School | Keepit Public School and St Joseph's College, Gunnedah, New South Wales |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Huntsgrove, Manilla, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Height | 6' 0.25" |
Weight | 164 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, John Henry Fitzgerald, Huntsgrove, Manilla, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Armidale, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 29th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/46/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 29th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Morlancourt, France |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | Mericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 3), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 115 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in St Joseph's Catholic Church (Station of the Cross 4: presented by the Fitzgerald Family in memory), Gunnedah, New South Wales. Parents: John Henry and Mary A. FITZGERALD. Native of Huntsgrove, Manilla, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 216 Warrant Officer II Francis Xavier FITZGERALD, 6th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 15 November 1918; 796 Pte Henry FITZGERALD, 3rd Trench Mortar Battery, returned to Australia, 24 January 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 3 November 1916; admitted to ships hospital, 17 December 1916 (influenza); discharged from ships hospital, 5 January 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917. Admitted to Military Hospital, Fovant, 21 February 1917 (influenza); discharged date not recorded. Proceeded overseas to France, 5 April 1917; taken on strength, 29th Bn, in the field, 12 April 1917. Wounded in action, 26 September 1917 (gun shot wound, right arm), and admitted same day to 6th Australian Field Ambulance; transferred to 54th General Hospital, 27 September 1917; to England, 2 October 1917, and admitted to 5th Southern General Hospital, 2 October 1917; transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 29 October 1917; discharged on furlough, 31 October 1917, to report to No 3 Command Depot, Hurdcott, 14 November 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 1 February 1918; rejoined unit, in the field, 7 February 1918. Killed in action, 29 July 1918. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |