Joseph Francis FITZGERALD

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FITZGERALD, Joseph Francis

Other Name:	Fitzgerald, James Francis - AWM - Embarkation Roll
Service Number:	4185
Enlisted:	6 August 1915, Holdsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 11 May 1888
Home Town:	Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Benedict's
Occupation:	Fireman
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 July 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

World War 1 Service

6 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4185, 13th Infantry Battalion, Holdsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4185, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4185, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Annie and the late Thomas FITZGERALD

Husband of Mrs. Margaret FITZGERALD, 108 Denison Street, Newtown, Sydney, NSW

Joseph served in Egypt and France and was wounded at Pozieres 24 August 1917 with a gunshot wound to the thigh and neck. He was invalided to General Hospital France. After recovering he rejoined his unit and made the Supreme Sacrifice on 06 July 1918.

He leaves a wife and one child.

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