Australian Soldiers, Memorials and Military History

Today's Honour Roll

August

Today's Honour Roll recognizes 325 Australians who fell on this day in history.

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Name	Date of Death	Conflict
SMITH, Edwin Richardson	26 Aug 1916	World War 1
BRYAN, Edward John	26 Aug 1918	World War 1
DIXON, Alfred Odessa	26 Aug 1918	World War 1
TURNER, Bassie	26 Aug 1915	World War 1
DALY, John	26 Aug 1916	World War 1

Vale Timothy Andrew Fischer AC (3 May 1946 – 22 August 2019)

Today we acknowledge the passing of former deputy Prime Minister Timothy Andrew Fischer AC from leukaemia at the age of 73.

In 1966 he was conscripted into the Australian Army and commissioned at the Officer Training Unit, Scheyville. Fischer served with the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment between July 1966 and March 1969 as a second lieutenant. With his battalion, he served in the Vietnam War and was wounded in the Battle of Coral-Balmoral in May–June 1968.

You can view his profile HERE