Hubert James FITTON

FITTON, Hubert James

    Other Name: Fitton, Hubert Adrian James - Birth Records
    Service Number: 1108
    Enlisted: 19 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Omeo, Victoria, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Heyfield, Wellington, Victoria
    Schooling: St. Mary's Roman Catholic School, Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Essendon, Victoria, Australia, 17 July 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
    Garden of Remembrance 3, Wall 6, Side H, Niche 204
    Memorials: Heyfield Honour Roll WW1, Omeo State School Great European War Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1108, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria
    10 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
    7 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
    14 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- 8th Australian Field Ambulance -- Tonsilitis -- Serapeum, Egypt
    20 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion
    30 Apr 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- Hospital -- Ferry Post, Egypt
    1 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 14th Australian Field Ambulance -- Mumps -- Ferry Post, Egypt
    12 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- Parotitis -- Ferry Post, Egypt
    14 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion
    16 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Tunisian"
    23 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    19 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Wounded In Action -- Shell Shock -- Fromelles, France
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Admitted -- 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station -- Shell Shock -- Fromelles, France
    22 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- Birmingham War Hospital -- Shell Shock & Aphonia -- Birmingham, England
    26 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital -- Shell Shock & Aphonia -- Harefield, England
    16 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Southampton, England for Australia per H.S. "Karoola"
    2 Dec 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Melbourne, Australia
    6 May 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1108, 29th Infantry Battalion, Discharge from service -- Medically Unfit (Shell Shock & Aphonia) -- 3rd M.D. Melbourne, Victoria

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