FITZGIBBON, John
| Service Number: | 3742 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, 1874 |
| Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Middle Park State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3742, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3742, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3742, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 19 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3742, 1st Machine Gun Company, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3742 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Fitzgibbon was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. His father Nicholas was old soldier, having served in the Indian Mutiny and the New Zealand War of 1860-1866. The family must have moved to Australia before 1890 as Nicholas Fitzgibbon, the father, died in Melbourne during 1890 when John was about 16 years of age. John attended Middle Park State School in Melbourne. John Fitzgibbon had fought in the Boer War with Bethune’s Mounted Infantry and Tullibardine's 2nd Scottish Horse, enlisting in Melbourne.
John’s brother, who had also fought in the Boer War, 407 Pte. James Fitzgibbon 24th Battalion AIF, was also killed at Pozieres on 29 July, 1916, age 39. Their mother Jessie was living in Albert Park in Melbourne at the time. She was granted a pension of 4 pounds per fortnight for the loss of her two sons.