Regimental number | 6557 |
Place of birth | Ipswich, Queensland |
School | Christian Brothers School, Ipswich, Queensland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Accountant |
Address | Ipswich, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 132 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs K Fitzgerald, Hooper Street, West Ipswich, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years in Australian Light Horse, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/26/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 49th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Age at death | 22.4 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Plot XXIII, Row A, Grave No. 14), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 148 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Walter Vesey and Kathleen FITZGERALD, Hooper Street, Ipswich, Queensland |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Brisbane, 21 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 10 January 1917. Admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, 10 February 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); marched into 3rd Training Bn from hospital, 7 March 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 22 May 1917; taken on strength, 49th Bn, in the field, 21 June 1917. Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FITZGERALD Robert Vesey |