Accession Number | P02466.230 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white |
Physical description | Black & white |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
WA. Paybook photograph of WX668 Private Michael Anthony Fitzgerald, 2/11th Battalion, Australian ...
Description
WA. Paybook photograph of WX668 Private Michael Anthony Fitzgerald, 2/11th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Private Fitzgerald, aged 26, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 28 May 1941. He was the son of Patrick Francis and Sarah Josephine Fitzgerald, of Geraldton, WA. He is buried in the Suda Bay Cemetery Section 5, Row C, Plot 7. (Photograph supplied by the Army's Soldier Career Management Agency. Information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.)