John Lawrence FITZGERALD

Regimental number55845
OccupationStoreman
Next of kinSister, Mrs M Fitzgerald, 4 Hawkstone Crescent, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, Specialist Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which of two ships members of the Specialist Company in the 31st Reinforcements embarked: HMNZT HMNZT No 97 'Tahiti', embarked Wellington, 16 November 1917, or HMNZT No 95 'Willochara', embarked Wellington, 22 November 1917.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialRuesnes Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 2), nr Le Quesnoy, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Julia Fitzgerald, 92 Molesworth Street, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 19

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