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FITCH, William Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 453 |
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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) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
6 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 453, 36th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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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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