Michael Anthony FITZGERALD

FITZGERALD, Michael Anthony

Service Number: WX668
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, WX668
10 Nov 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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)

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