William Alexander (Alec) FITCH

FITCH, William Alexander

Service Number: 453
Enlisted: 6 February 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 36th Infantry Battalion
Born: Camberwell, England, 1890
Home Town: Gundagai, Gundagai, New South Wales
Schooling: Rathfern Board School, London
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 October 1917
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gundagai War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

6 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 453, 36th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales
13 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 453, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
13 May 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 453, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
14 Oct 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 453, 36th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 453 awm_unit: 36th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-10-14

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