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Cpl Howard Fietz

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Cpl Howard Fietz Veteran

Birth
Henley Beach, Charles Sturt City, South Australia, Australia
Death
23 Oct 1942 (aged 25)
El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt
Burial
El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt Add to Map
Plot
Plot 16. Row D. Grave 1. (XVI. D. 1.)
Memorial ID
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Corporal, Australian Army Age: 25. SX5804
Posting on Death: 2/43rd Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action in Egypt and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
Medals: 1939/45 Star, Africa Star with 8th clasp, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australia Service Medal.
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He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Tanunda SA, also his name is located at panel 62 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Family
Son of Paul Wilhelm and Gertrude Bidgway Fietz, of Murray Bridge, South Australia.
Corporal, Australian Army Age: 25. SX5804
Posting on Death: 2/43rd Infantry Battalion, he was killed in action in Egypt and is recognised as one of the Rats of Tobruk.
Medals: 1939/45 Star, Africa Star with 8th clasp, Defence Medal, War Medal, Australia Service Medal.
~~~
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Tanunda SA, also his name is located at panel 62 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial (as indicated by the poppy on the plan).
Family
Son of Paul Wilhelm and Gertrude Bidgway Fietz, of Murray Bridge, South Australia.


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