FITZGERALD, Edgar Lewis
| Service Number: | 42 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Young, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Sp. Mem. A. 4. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glebe Roll of Honor, Glebe War Memorial, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Edgar [Louis] FITZGERALD (Service Number 42) as he was known to the Railways, was born in 1894 in Young. He joined the NSW Government Railways at Sydney in 1911 as a junior clerk in the office of the Superintendent of the Lines, who was the head of the Traffic Branch. In August 1914 he was released from duty to enlist (as Edgar Lewis Fitzgerald) in the AIF at Randwick.
He embarked from Sydney with the 4th Battalion in October 1914. He landed with them at Gallipoli. He was reported missing in action on 25th April 1915. Although conflicting accounts were given by other soldiers to his mother in Australia, ‘a board of enquiry which considered his case on July 16, considered it reasonable to suppose him dead, on the evidence given’.
He is believed to have been buried in the Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, where he is remembered with honour, about 400 yards SE of Anzac Cove.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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