Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
227607
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
July 8, 1897
Omaha, Nebraska
Enlistment:
May 25, 1916
Victoria, British Columbia
Death:
November 10, 1917
Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of George W. and Mary Fitzgerald, of Phon, Montana.
Additional citations
British War Medal, Victory Medal
Digital gallery of Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
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Photo of Creighton Fitzgerald
This picture was taken around 1916 with his family. -
Group Photo
Creighton FitzGerald is on the far right in the second row, as you look at the picture, with his hat tipped up. 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion -
Letter of Creighton's death
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Letter from the Major
Letter from the Major -
Letter from the Major
Letter from the Major -
Letter to his sister
Letter from the Creighton to his sister urging her not to get involved in the war -
Letter to his sister
Letter from the Creighton to his sister urging her not to get involved in the war -
Letter to his sister
Letter from the Creighton to his sister urging her not to get involved in the war -
Letter to his sister
Letter from the Creighton to his sister urging her not to get involved in the war -
Letter to his sister
Letter from the Creighton to his sister urging her not to get involved in the war -
Letter to his sister
Letter from the Creighton to his sister urging her not to get involved in the war -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
Digital gallery of
Private Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 237 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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