FITZGERALD, Thomas Sydney
| Service Numbers: | V78496, VX131475 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 May 1941, Posted to 4th Division Field Workshops Cranbourne Victoria for duty. Trade Group Class 1 Tinsmith . |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Workshops Units and Elements |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 22 December 1920 |
| Home Town: | South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | South Melbourne State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Coppersmith |
| Died: | Natural Causes , 7 August 2006, aged 85 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Family Plot |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 19 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, V78496, Workshops Units and Elements, Posted to 4th Division Field Workshops Cranbourne Victoria for duty. Trade Group Class 1 Tinsmith . | |
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| 9 Feb 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, Workshops Units and Elements, Posted to 55th Division Ordnance Workshop Mount Martha Victoria for duty. | |
| 11 Apr 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, Lines of Communication Units, Entrained to 5MD WA for duty with Unit. | |
| 25 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX131475 | |
| 9 Apr 1943: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, Workshops Units and Elements, Transferred to 120 Brigade Workshop// Relinquished TG1 Tinsmith Now posted TG2 Panel Beater. | |
| 12 Jun 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, Workshops Units and Elements, 120 Brigade Workshop deployed to Moratai NEI from Cairns for operations in Borneo. | |
| 7 Jul 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, VX131475, Workshops Units and Elements, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945 | |
| 15 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Craftsman, VX131475, Workshops Units and Elements, RTA 5MD WA Line of Communications for demobilisation. | |
| 24 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX131475 |
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Brief History
In February 1942 the 55th Division Ordnance Workshopwas formed at Mt Martha to work with the 4th Infantry Division. It included a HQ element and main workshop as well as a 2nd Brigade Section and a 6th Brigade Section which were attached to their respective brigades. 55th Division Ordnance Workshop moved to Western Australia in April 1942 with the 4th Infantry Division establishing workshops at Melville and then Bushmead in May. 2nd Brigade Section moved to Moora in June and Geraldton in July when the main workshop moved to Moora with the 6th Brigade Section at Mingenew. Renamed again in November, this time to 4th Infantry Division Ordnance Workshop. With AEME taking over all workshop functions the HQ unit was at Bellevue and had been renamed 4th Infantry Division Workshop in December 1942.