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ASSOCIATION
Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Robert Emmet Fitzgerald
Rank:
Private
Service:
United States Army,
Quartermaster Corps, Railway
Date of Birth:
August 21, 1892
Place of Birth:
Bridgewater, NS
US Draft Registration:
1917
Place of Registration:
Medford, Massachusetts, US
Address at Registration:
109 Otis St., Medford, Mass.
Trade:
travelling salesman
Date of Enlistment:
November 29, 1917
Place of Enlistment:
Medford, Mass. US
Complexion: medium
Eye Colour: brown
Hair Colour: black
Martial Status:
Single
Religion:
Roman Catholic
Date of Death:
October 18, 1918
Cemetery:
Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Grave Reference:
Plot: WWI Section A, 001
Commemorated on the Yarmouth War Memorial
Robert Emmet Fitzgerald was the son of Maurice and Elizabeth A Fitzgerald. His father, the first
conductor on the Coast Railway, had died prior to Robert’s enlistment. Robert grew up in Yarmouth,
NS, and had attended the South End School. The family lived on the corner of Main and Haskell
Streets.
He moved to Medford, Mass. U.S. and with the US entry into the war, enlisted in the United States
Army, Quartermaster Corps, Railway on November 29, 1917. He received his training at Camp J. E.
Johnson, Jacksonville, Florida and proceeded to France in April, 1918.
He died of pneumonia in France on October 18, 1918.
Robert was Chancellor of the Medford Council, Knights of Columbus when he enlisted and a Mass of
Requiem was held by the Medford Council on news of his death. He was the first of its seventy-five
members in the service of the United States to give his life during the war.
Camp J. E. Johnson, Jacksonville, Florida
Sources:
Camp Johnson Photo
findagrave.com:
Memorial Photo: Joe Makowiec (2016)
Additional Information:
“A Monument Speaks” A Thurston; 1989 (pp 166-167)
Robert Emmet Fitzgerald