Henry Parker FITZGERALD

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FITZGERALD, Henry Parker

Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	18 January 1937
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	RAAF Point Cook
Born:	Not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, 18 December 1939, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania West Well of Remembrance Section C. Niche A25
Memorials:	Hutchins School WW2 Honour Roll

World War 2 Service

18 Jan 1937:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, RAAF Point Cook
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Tom and Mabel Fitzgerald of Hobart, Tasmania

Husband of Estelle Lorraine Fitzgerald of Hobart, Tasmania

RAAF Avro Anson N4887 crashed into the Richmond Golf Course almost immediately after take-off from RAAF Base Richmond, NSW on a flight to Point Cook, Victoria - all on board were killed:

Flying Officer Henry Parker Fitzgerald (enlisted 18 Jan 1937)

Flight Lieutenant - Pilot Arthur Moorehouse Watkins (enlisted 15 Jan 1935)

Flying Officer Malcolm Musgrave McInnes (enlisted 18 Jan 1936)

Flight Lieutenant Hugh Vaughan Horner (enlisted unknown)

Leading Aircraftman Leonard John King 3891 (enlisted 3 Jan 1939)

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