John James FITZGERALD

FITZGERALD, John James

Service Number: S24669
Enlisted: 8 May 1941, Port Pirie, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 43 Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Port Pirie, SA, 2 May 1921
Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
Schooling: St Anthony's School Solomontown
Occupation: Oxy and Electric Welder
Died: 11 July 2001, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia
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World War 2 Service

8 May 1941: Involvement Private, S24669
8 May 1941: Enlisted Port Pirie, SA
8 May 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S24669, 43 Infantry Battalion AMF
6 Aug 1943: Discharged
6 Aug 1943: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S24669, 43 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of John Edward FITZGERALD of 4 Pirie Street, Port Pirie South, SA.  Educated at St Anthony's School at Solomontown he was fond of sport and played cricket, tennis, football and was a good swimmer.  In civilian life he was a crane driver at Whyalla and enlisted in Australia.  He was in Darwin during the first raid, and his Battalion has the credit of shooting down the first Japanese plane.