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Joseph Garrett FITZGERALD

Regimental number22929
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolWest Hawthorn State School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address77 Church Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, F Fitzgerald, 77 Church Street, Hawthorn, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date10 November 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 8, Reinforcement 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 3 October 1917
Place of death or woundingSt. Omer, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No. 22), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
12
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick Hamilton and Edith Elizabeth FITZGERALD, 77 Church Street, Hawthorn, Victoria. Native of Richmond, Victoria
Family/military connectionsNil
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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