FITZROY, Reginald James
| Service Number: | 1880 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 May 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ryde, NSW, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draghtsman |
| Died: | 1983, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Guyra Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: | Canberra Australian War Memorial Officers of the 19th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll, Luddenham Badgery's Creek WW1 Honour Roll, Orange Officers of the 19th Battalion Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 21 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1880, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1880, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1880, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs M E Fitzroy, 'Floresta', Shepherds Street, Ryde
Military Cross
'During the attack on the Beaurevoir line, on 3rd October, 1918, he displayed most conspicuous gallantry. When two companies of the battalion were held up by intense machine gun fire, he went forward, and having located a machine gun post, he rushed it single handed and forced ten prisoners, with two machine guns, to surrender. With six men he then proceeded to mop up the trench, capturing a further 22 prisoners, with three machine guns.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 10
Date: 29 January 1920
Husband of Ruby Eileen FITZROY, father of Noeline, Margaret and Brian
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