South Africa Medal 1880 (Zulu War) Clasp 1878-99 (date served). Awarded to Surgeon Major J. Fitzmaurice, Army Medical Department. Biography: (1843-1882) Surgeon Major. Born 15 June 1843, died 5 September 1882. L.K.Q.C.P. Ireland and LM. 1865; L.R.C.S.I. 1864. Assistant Surgeon Staff 2 October 1866; Surgeon Army Medical Department 2 October 1866; Surgeon Major A.M.D.; 2 October 1878. Died at sea on S.S. 'Thibet' 5 September 1882. Service: South Africa 1878-9.
PROVENANCE: Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.