FITZGERALD, Patrick Alfred
| Service Number: | 5018 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 April 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wangett, New South Wales, Australia, 17 March 1881 |
| Home Town: | Weston, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 10 December 1940, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-27. 72. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Apr 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5018, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 5018, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 5018, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 10 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5018, 30th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
A Forgotten Digger of The Great War and Sandgate Cemetery.
80 years ago today, on the Thursday afternoon of the 11th January 1940, Private Patrick Alfred (Fred) Fitzgerald, 30th Battalion, miner from Fifth Street, Weston, New South Wales and Bundarra, N.S.W. and Swansea?, N.S.W., father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 58. CATHOLIC 1-27. 72.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140532224
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140532826
Born at Wangett, New South Wales on the 17th March 1881 to Andrew and Ellen Fitzgerald; husband of Elizabeth Fitzgerald nee Lynch (married 1914, died?), Fred enlisted April 1917 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122220505
Fred was invalided home March 1918 with rheumatism.
I have not located Mr Fitzgerald’s name on any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour. No War Memorial was ever erected to the memory of the fallen and returned WW1 soldiers of Weston.
Fred had been resting in an unmarked grave, forgotten, so I have placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite August 2019, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=429946#grave-photo-1
Lest We Forget.
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