LEST WE FORGET

Aircraftman Class I Francis Vincent FITZGERALD

Service No: 69822
Born: Orange NSW, 19 July 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 September 1942
Unit: No. 5 Aircraft Depot
Died: Drowned, Murrumbidgee River, 29 January 1944, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Michael Leonard and Nellie Isabelle Fitzgerald, of Orange
Roll of Honour: Orange NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On 29 January 1944, Aircraftman Class I Fitzgerald, a Fitter II Airframe, died from drowning when swimming in the Murrumbidgee River, three miles upstream from Wagga Wagga.

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/13/177

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