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Patrick FITZGERALD

Regimental number341
Place of birthBunyip Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressBunyip, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Fitzgerald, Bunyip, Victoria
Enlistment date15 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


For conspicuous gallantry at Noreuil when he covered the movement of his Platoon with fire fron his Lewis Gun under heavy machine gun fire at close range.
Recommendation date: 24 March 1917

FateReturned to Australia 9 March 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance
Medals

Military Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry at NOREUIL on 20th March when he covered the movement of his platoon with fire from his Lewis Gun under heavy Machine Gun fire from his Lewis Gun under heavy Machine Gun fire at close range.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 140
Date: 27 August 1917

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death10 November 1970

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