Gunner

George Fitzsimmons

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the late Peter and Amelia Fitzsimmons; husband of Elizabeth Fitzsimmons, of 14, Allen St., Leichhardt, Sydney, Australia. Born at Armidale, New South Wales.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
2/877
Name:
George Fitzsimmons
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Elizabeth A. Fitzsimmons (wife), care of R.W. Smith, Taihape, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Ratawa, near Taihape, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
2nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery, 2 Battery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
11 July 1915
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
36
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 December 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 13
HMNZT 14
HMNZT 15
Vessel:
Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
George Fitzsimmons
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