FISHER, Frank
| Service Number: | 2428 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1917, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Clermont, Queensland, Australia, 27 August 1880 |
| Home Town: | Murgon, South Burnett, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2428, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2428, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2428, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 22 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2428, 11th Light Horse Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"Frank Fisher was born in Clermont, Qld in 1880 and was living with his second wife Esme and 3 children Willie, Frank and Dorris at the Aboriginal Settlement at Barambah, when he enlisted in August 1917. Frank Fisher embarked from Sydney to serve overseas on board HMAT ‘Ulysses’ in December 1917 in the company of a number of other indigenous soldiers, including Frederick Burnett, Harry Doyle, William Brown, John Geary and James Lingwoodock. This group of reinforcements later which became known as the Queensland Black Watch, trained at the 4th Light Horse Training Depot before joining their comrades in the field.
Trooper Fisher served with his Regiment until October 1918, when he was taken ill and admitted to the Field Ambulance suffering from Pyrexia – a fever common among troops who served in Palestine and the Jordan Valley. He was transferred via the hospital ship ‘Assays’ from Haifa back to Alexandria where he was admitted to 31st General Hospital, Port Said for treatment. Frank finally returned to his unit in November 1918 but was again taken ill with fever in March 1919. Trooper Frank Fisher returned to Australia in July 1919.
* Frank Fisher is the great grandfather of the Olympic gold medalist Cathy Freeman." - SOURCE (blogs.slq.qld.gov.au)
When Frank Fisher's son Frank left to join the 2nd AIF the Brisbane Telegraph proudly reported the event HERE (nla.gov.au)
Six weeks later the Brisbane Courier Mail reports, 4 Aborigines Not Allowed to Join AIF (nla.gov.au)
It is not yet known where and when Frank Snr died
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