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Jack Hammond FITZGERALD

Regimental number22189
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolPrinces Hill State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPlumber
AddressHerbert Street, North Carlton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinBrother, R E Fitzgerald, Herbert Street, North Carlton, Victoria
Enlistment date1 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameHowitzer Brigade 23, Battery 108
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/133/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 20 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 26 September 1917
Place of death or woundingHelly, a few miles NE of Corbie, 1918, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot VII, Row D, Grave No. 10), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
15
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Louisa FITZGERALD. Native of Melbourne
Family/military connectionsBrother: Robert Edwin Fitzgerald was killed in the 8th FAB about 9 months later (Lillian Lockhead, sister)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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