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Daniel FITZGERALD

Regimental number3312
Place of birthKoo Wee Rup, Victoria
SchoolIona State School, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Mr Fitzgerald, Iona PO, Iona, Victoria
Enlistment date5 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No. 5A), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Margaret FITZGERALD, Koo-wee-rup, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: Pte John Lawrence FITZGERALD, 59th Bn, killed in action, 19 July 1916.

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