Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Fitzgibbon ki Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, India. He tekau ma rima ona tau, he Kaiako Hauora i roto i te Indian Medical Establishment, Indian Army, i whakauruhia ki te 67th Regiment (i muri mai ko te Royal Hampshire Regiment) i te Pakanga Tuatoru o Haina
i te wā i mahia ai te mahi e whai ake nei i whakawhiwhia ai ia ki te VC.