Date of Birth: 25/11/1898
Place of Birth: Gordon, New South Wales, Australia
Date of Death: 31/01/1970
Place of Death: Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Printer and publisher. Educated at Abbotsholme School, Killara. Matriculated to University of Sydney in 1919; enrolled in 1920 and 1921 as a medical student. Worked for Boswell and Company, importers c.1923 until 1925, joined the sales staff of Pratten Brothers, printers Frederick Graham Pratten, became a director, resigned in 1935; attached to Army Medical Directorate in 1940, with United States Army Headquarters in Australia., established military hospitals. Registrar of Australian General Hospital from 1942 until 1943 with 2/5th Australian General Hospital., Port Moresby from 1943 until 1944, assistant registrar at Concord Miltary Hospital from 1944 until 1947, Major; bought out Leslie and Stead, general printers and publisher in 1947, sold out in 1955; executive member of New South Wales Commonwealth Parliamentary Association; sent overseas in 1939 to report on hospitals. Recreational interests include tennis, fishing and reading.
Personal
Son of William Robert Fitzsimons. Married Eleanor Brown on 2 April 1927 and had issue, 1 daughter and 1 son. Church of England. Funeral at Northern Suburbs cemetery from St John's Church of England, Gordon.
