FISHER, Walter
| Service Number: | 283 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1914, 13 years with Victorian Militia |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kangaroo Flat, Victoria, Australia, 7 May 1877 |
| Home Town: | Frankston, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 29 October 1938, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: | Frankston Avenue of Honour Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 283, 7th Infantry Battalion, 13 years with Victorian Militia | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 283, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 283, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 283, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW leg and side | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Fractured arm | |
| 20 Mar 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, Due to severe wounding on Gallipoli |
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From AWM
Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Walter Fisher, 7th Battalion from Frankston, Victoria. A 34 year old plumber prior to enlisting on 25 September 1914, he embarked for overseas as a Sergeant (service number 283) with A Company from Melbourne on 19 October 1914 aboard HMAT Hororata. On the day of the landing at Gallipoli (25 April 1915) he was wounded in action and evacuated to Alexandria for medical treatment. After recovering five weeks later, he returned to Gallipoli and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant on 14 July 1915. He was wounded in action for the second time on 9 August 1915 and evacuated to Cairo. His wounds were such that he was returned to Australia, arriving on 1 October 1915. 2nd Lt Fisher left the AIF on 20 March 1916, medically unfit for further service.
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