Forenames

Charles Francis AWMM

Surname

Fittall AWMM

Service number

WWI 15354 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 10 Jan 1878 AWMM
• 10 Jan 1878 Public Source

Date of birth

10 January 1878

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Place of birth

Arahura

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Next of kin

Mrs C.P. Hanford (sister), Motueka, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of Messines AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 15354 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Grocer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Rifleman AWMM 9th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Charles Fittall was the son of Samuel and Ellen Maria Fittall, of Nelson, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs E. M. Fittall, Richmond, Nelson (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

2 Mar 1917 AWMM
Age  39 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM I. L. 11. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum Hall of Memories
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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21003137
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/94587/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/94587
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements].
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  37: 32
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.