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FITZGERALD, Michael Joseph
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3550 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 April 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beltana, South Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia , 15 July 1961, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3550, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3550, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3550, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 30 Oct 1918: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, During the night attack astride the BRAY-COBBIE Road, on morning of 29th July 1918, Pte FITZGERALD displayed marked coolness and gallantry. In the early part of the advance, his section commander was put out of action. Pte FITZGERALD immediately took charge. His section was on the extreme left of the battalion boundary and in addition to keeping his direction, this man maintained touch with the battalion on his left throughout. While advancing to the final objective, the section encountered two Boche posts which were promptly mopped up. Immediately the final objective was reached the section began to dig itself in but finding that a Boche machine gun post about 100 yards in front was giving trouble, Pte FITZGERALD took half his section round by a flank through some standing crop and successfully mopped up this post. Enemy machine Gun was brought back and set up in his own post and used against the enemy. Pte FITZGERALD, himself, carried back to his post on of his men wounded in this operation. He continually sent messages to his platoon commander, informing him of progress made by his own post and also the battalion on his left. During the process of consolidation Pte FITZGERALD was, himself, wounded but refused to leave his post and carried on until the end of the day when he was ordered back to the R.A.P. |
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