Name:
Edwin Patrick Fitzgerald
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
207834
Unit:
85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry
Date of Death:
1917-10-30
State:
Ohio
Cemetery:
Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Plot:
I
Row:
Grave:
27
Decoration:
Comments:
Edwin Patrick Fitzgerald was born on January 21, 1873, in Arcanum, Darke County, Ohio. He was married twice—first to Effie Florence Macy Spencer in 1904, and later to Mabel E. Murphy Fitzgerald. He served in the US Army for 17 years before joining the Canadian military. He served in the 85th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, as a Private during World War I.
Pvt Fitzgerald died on October 30, 1917, in Belgium. He is now buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
Source of information: canadiangreatwarproject.com, www.findagrave.com