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FITZGERALD, Henry Chester

Service Number:	219
Enlisted:	24 February 1915, Place of enlistment - Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1896
Home Town:	Darlinghurst, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 15 October 1951, aged 55 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis)

World War 1 Service

24 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 219, Place of enlistment - Liverpool, New South Wales
29 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 219, 19th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A40' Ceramic from Melbourne 0n 25th June 1915
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 219, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
25 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion
28 Feb 1917:	Wounded Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW (neck)
3 May 1917:	Imprisoned Bullecourt (Second)
3 May 1917:	Wounded Second Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), 2nd occasion
15 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion
7 Apr 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 19th Infantry Battalion

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