Edward FITZGERALD

Regimental number53168
OccupationMotor driver
Next of kinWife, Mrs Edward Fitzgerald, c/o CPO, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 30 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXXIII, Row B, Grave No 14), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Catherine Fitzgerald, 8 New Street, Musselburgh, Dunedin; Wife: Hyacinth Fitzgerald, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 11