FITZGERALD, Eric Vincent
| Service Numbers: | Q272338, QX61418 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 June 1944 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 July 1925 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Work Accident, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 14 February 1949, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: Section: MES Row: X4 Site: 5654 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 26 Jun 1944: | Involvement Sapper, Q272338, also QX61418 | |
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| 26 Jun 1944: | Involvement Trooper, QX61418, also Q272338 | |
| 26 Jun 1944: | Enlisted | |
| 26 Jun 1944: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX61418 | |
| 14 Oct 1946: | Discharged | |
| 14 Oct 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX61418 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Eric Vincent Fitzgerald was the younger brother of Henry (Harry) Matthew Fitzgerald QX43562, (Q133161), and Maurice Vessey Fitzgerald QX62880, (Q19150).
Eric was born in Brisbane 2 Jul 1925, a son to Robert James Fitzgerald and Dorothy Ann Fitzgerald (nee Howling). Following his discharge he ventured to Cairns where his brother Harry was living and managing the Cairns depot of Hanush's Cordials with his wife Mary Fitzgerald (nee Hanush), the daughter of business owner Frank and Mary Hanush of Babinda.
Eric also went to work for Hanush's Cordials at the Cairns depot where, on the afternoon of 14 Feb 1949, he was fatally injured in a work accident while directing a truck to the loading dock. The truck moving sharply and crushing him against the loading dock.