John Byers FISHER

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Service Number:	487
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Quambone, Coonamble, New South Wales
Schooling:	Quambone, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Jackeroo
Died:	Killed in Action, Monash Gully, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 18 May 1915
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row B, Grave 6 Rev. E.N. Merrington officiated Headstone inscription reads: Dearly loved and remembered, Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coonamble Municipality and Wingadee Shire HR

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 487, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Rosebery Park, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 487, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 487, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney
18 May 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 487, 1st Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 487 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-05-18

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Wigara', Quambone, NSW

Son of James George and Ellen Fisher of 17 Bridge Street, Sydney, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal