Background
Fitzgibbon was born in Gujerat, India.
Fitzgibbon was born in Gujerat, India.
He was fifteen years old, and a Hospital Apprentice in the Indian Medical Establishment, Indian Army, attached to the 67th Regiment (later The Royal Hampshire Regiment) during the Third China War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. On 21 August 1860 at the capture of the Northern of the Taku Forts, China, Hospital Apprentice Fitzgibbon accompanied a wing of the 67th Regiment when it took up a position within 500 yards of the fort. He then proceeded, under heavy fire, to attend a dhoolie-bearer, whose wound he had been directed to bind up, and while the regiment was advancing under the enemy"s fire, he ran across the open ground to attend to another wounded manitoba In doing so he was himself severely wounded.
He died in Delhi, India on 7 March 1883.
He is believed to have been buried with his Victoria Cross.