THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT

FITZPATRICK Charles Augustus

8/1979, Private, 1st Battalion, Otago Regiment, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 16 August 1917, p8415

Messines, 7 June 1917.  For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  He attacked single handed an enemy machine-gun, bayoneted five of the crew, and captured the gun, together with a prisoner

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

1914-15 Star

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Memorial Plaque

NOTES

Born 29 December 1882, Helensville, New Zealand

Killed in Action 12 October 1917, Belgium

Buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery