Name:
Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
227607
Unit:
7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Date of Death:
1917-11-10
State:
British Columbia
Cemetery:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Plot:
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Grave:
Decoration:
Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Comments:
Creighton Dewey Fitzgerald was born on July 8, 1897, in Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska. He was the son of George W. Fitzgerald and Mary Fitzgerald. He enlisted in Victoria, British Columbia, on May 25, 1916. He served in the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), as a Private during World War I.
Pvt Fitzgerald died on November 10, 1917, in Belgium. His name is memorialized on the Menin Gate Memorial, Panel #28 in Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.Source of information: www.cwgc.org