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PI/170. (C.3.A.L.) CERTIFICATE OF DEATH. Certified that, according to the records of this
Office, the Revered JOHN FITZGIBBON, M.C., Temporary
to the Forces, 3rd Class, was killed in action
in the 16th Field Ambulance, either in France or in
Belgium, on the 18th day of September, 1918. Gerry Taylor
for the secretary, War Office.
Dated at the War Office, London,
this 3rd day of October, 1918.
Letter from Gerry Taylor regarding the announcement of the death of Fr. Fitzgibbon
(1882-1918) .Fr John 'Jack' Fitzgibbon SJ was ordained a priest on 31st July 1915.
His father, John Fitzgibbon, was a successful draper and Member of Parliament from
1910-1918. Fr Fitzgibbon served in the 6th Division of the British Army, having enlisted
shortly after the death of his brother at Gallipoli. He was promoted to senior chaplain
in 1917, and in the same year he was gassed at Loos on 5th September and awarded the
military cross. Fr Fitzgibbon was killed in action by a shell on the 18th September
1918, and is buried at Trefcon, St. Quentin, Picardie.