FUGAZZA, John
Service Number: | 1999 |
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Enlisted: | 14 October 1915, Dubbo, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Australian Army Service Corps |
Born: | Bethnal Green, London, England, 1889 |
Home Town: | Peak Hill, Parkes, New South Wales |
Schooling: | St Annes, Underwood St, Spitalfields, London, England |
Occupation: | Butcher |
Died: | Broncho Pneumonia & Influenza, Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt, 2 February 1919 |
Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row M, Grave 225, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Parkes & District Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
14 Oct 1915: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1999, Dubbo, NSW | |
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16 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 1999, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Malakuta embarkation_ship_number: A57 public_note: '' | |
16 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 1999, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Malakuta, Sydney | |
2 Feb 1919: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 1999, Australian Army Service Corps, 35th Coy, AMDT | |
Date unknown: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), 1999, Australian Army Service Corps, 35th Coy, AMDT |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Enlisted and served under alias John Bray
John FUGAZZA was born in 1889 at Bethnal Green, London
His parents were Ettore (John) FUGAZZA & Angelina BALBINIA who married in England in 1876
He enlisted in Dubbo, NSW on 14th October, 1915 under the surname FUGAZZA but was also known as John BRAY
He died at the Australian General Hospital in Abbassia of influenza and bronchial pneumonia
His brother George James BRAY (SN N350198) served in WW2 in the Volunteer Defence Corp and was discharged in 1944