FITZGERALD, Michael Anthony
Service Number: | WX668 |
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Enlisted: | 10 November 1939 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Cork, Ireland, 12 November 1914 |
Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Crete, Crete, Greece, 28 May 1941, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, WX668 | |
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10 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX668, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion |
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Cemetery details: Suda Bay War Cemetery, Suda Bay, Greece
"...WX668 Private Michael Anthony Fitzgerald, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Fitzgerald, aged 26, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 28 May 1941. He was the son of Patrick Francis and Sarah Josephine Fitzgerald, of Geraldton, WA. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 5, Row C, Plot 7..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)