John Fitzgibbon

1878-1920

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.2

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1348

About

Born in New Zealand

18 August 1878
Parent

Father

T. Fitzgibbon
Residence

Hometown

Matata
Work

Occupation

Contractor

Employer

Public Works Department
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • Hampden Rifle Volunteers

    10 years in New Zealand

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 41

    7 March 1920

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5537 100/0040403, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 3.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “John Fitzgibbon (1878-1920)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/271