Regimental number | 1040 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Cork, Ireland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | Dawes Point, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 34 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M Fitzgibbon, Cropley Place, Cork, Ireland |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Sydney, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Army Medical Corps |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/112/5 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board SS Melusia on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Morinda on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Morinda on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Morinda on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Marsina on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board SS Sumatra on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Meklong on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Melusia on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board SS Makambo on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Matunga on |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Marsina on |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Name does not appear on Nominal Roll |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Rabaul Taken on strength, N&M Forces, 8 January 1917. Departed for Australia on board SS 'Meklong', 10 May 1918; struck off strength of unit. Returned to Rabaul, 27 September 1918; taken on strength. Appointed Lt, 28 June 1918. Commenced return to Australia, 5 August 1919; discharged, 22 October 1919. Medal: British War Medal He enquired from the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Hong Kong, 5 July 1923: 'Oblige by giving a little information on the subject of medals. Served in the Rabaul, late German New Guinea, from 1915 to the termination, and wish to know what decoration (if any) beside the 1914-1918 we are entitled to. The affair as you know (who have served in France or on some active front) calls for no particular praise or decorations, and I never bothered to inquire up to the present moment, but the influence of one of the fair sex who will shortly share my lot urges me to inquire into the matter.' He was informed by base Records, 1 August 1923, that 'Rabaul was only a theatre of war from midnight 10-11th September to 21-22nd September 1914', and that as his service fell outside that period, he was entitled only to the British War Medal. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FITZGIBBON Frank |