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FITZSIMMONS, Sydney William
(Service number 60925)

Aliases	Sid. Also Sidney William
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	18 July 1892	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farrier
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs F. FITZSIMMONS (wife), Sefton Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	34th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	8 February 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Blacksmith

Death

Date	14 August 1964	Age	72 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 1C, Plot 86
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sydney William Fitzsimmons was the son of Jarrett and Agnes (née Laurie) Fitzsimmons.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 December 2016]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery Christchurch headstone transcription (Canterbury Branch NZSG) [11 December 2016]

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