| Regimental number | 3035 |
| Place of birth | Ipswich, Queensland |
| School | Ipswich Grammar School, Queensland |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Bookkeeper |
| Address | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20 |
| Height | 5' 7.5" |
| Weight | 146 lbs |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Lucy Beatrice Fittock, Moffatt Street, Ipswich, Queensland |
| Previous military service | Served for 4 years, Senior Cadets (Area 10B); 6 months, No 2 Company Engineers, Citizen Military Forces; Active Service, Egypt and Gallipoli; discharged medically unfit. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 42nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/59/3 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 42nd Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Proyart, near Peronne, France |
| Age at death | 22 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
| Place of burial | Heath Cemetery (Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 13), Harbonnieres, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 135 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edwin James and Lucy Beatrice FITTOCK, Airedale, York Street, East Ipswich, Queensland |
| Family/military connections | Brother: 18864 Pte Arthur Edmund FITTOCK, 6th Light Horse Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 5 March 1919. |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 7 February 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 11 April 1917, and marched in to AIF Details, Fovant. Marched in to 11th Training Bn, Durrington, 27 April 1917. Found guilty, Durrington, 19 July 1917, of neglecting to obey Standing Order No 719 para 3(J): dress: awarded 14 days' confined to barracks. Proceeded overseas to France, 14 October 1917; taken on strength, 42nd Bn, in the field, 19 October 1917. Appointed Lance Corporal, 25 October 1917. Appointed Temporary Corporal, 12 January 1918; reverted to Lance Corporal, 14 March 1918; appointed Temporary Corporal, 27 May 1918. Reported Missing in Action, 12 August 1918. Now, 31 August 1918, confirmed as 'Killed in Action, 12 August 1918'. Statement, Red Cross File No 1061008, 2828 Pte J. HUDSON, D Company, 42nd Bn (patient, 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, England), 10 October 1918: 'He was in D. Coy. and was a Cpl. at time of casualty, when I saw him killed in front of Villers-Bretonneux, when death was instantaneous, he being very badly knocked about on body by pieces of shell that landed close beside him. He was a rigfleman and in charge of Lewis Gun team. Casualty happened in the afternoon about 3-30, at which time we were in action.' Second statement, 4001 Sergeant E.E,. STEVENS, Headquarters, 42nd Bn (patient, 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbeville), 30 October 1918: 'I didn't see Cpl. Fittock killed, of D. XIV, by m.g. bullet through the neck on Proyart Ridge but he was a personal friend of mine and I made enquiries from the boys of his platoon, who told me that the last they saw of his body was in a shell hole as they advanced.' Third statement, 722 Pte E.G. MORRIS, D Company, 42nd Bn, 10 February 1919: 'I saw him killed on the Somme in front of Hamel. He was killed by a shell, but his body was not found until the 24th August /18, and was buried near Corby in the Cemetery.' Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | First given name incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as Edward. See 1944 for first period of service. |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, FITTOCK Edwin Rawlings
Red Cross File No 1061008 |
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