Frank W. Fitzgerald Jr.
Rank: Captain, United States Merchant Marine
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Biography
Captain Frank W. Fitzgerald Jr. was born in Pennsylvania in 1905 to Francis W. and Helen A. “Nellie” Fitzgerald, the seventh of eight children. His father owned a soap factory. The Fitzgerald family had moved to New Jersey by 1909, and by 1920 bought a home at 653 Haddon Avenue in Collingswood, NJ. He graduated from the Penn Nautical School in 1925 and trained aboard the US Schoolship Annapolis. A career merchant marine officer, he commanded a ship during the American invasion of Sicily.
Frank Fitzgerald passed away on September 28, 1944 at the Army Hospital in Bangor, ME. He was 38 at the time of his death, which was reported in the September 29, 1944 edition of the Camden Courier-Post. He was survived by his widow Marie, of Maine; a brother, William, of Philadelphia; and six sisters — Sadie E. and Helen A. Fitzgerald of Philadelphia; Mrs. Thomas Laws of Philadelphia; Mrs. William C. Twigg of Larchmont, NY; Mrs. Gideon H. Burt of Collingswood; and Mrs. L.A. Johntra of Atlantic City.
Capt. Fitzgerald Dies in Maine Hospital
Camden Courier-Post —
Capt. Frank Fitzgerald Jr., 38, formerly of 653 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood, died Wednesday in an Army Hospital in Bangor, Me. A Merchant Marine officer, he commanded a ship in the Sicily invasion. He resided in Collingswood most of his life.
Captain Fitzgerald has been in the service since 1925, when he was graduated from the Penn Nautical School conducted on the schoolship Annapolis. He was the son of Frank W. and Nellie A. Fitzgerald.
Surviving are his widow Marie, of Maine; a brother, William, of Philadelphia, and six sisters, Sadie E. and Helen A. Fitzgerald, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Thomas Laws, of Philadelphia; Mrs. William C. Twigg, of Larchmont, NY; Mrs. Gideon H. Burt, of Collingswood, and Mrs. L.A. Johntra, of Atlantic City.