Walter Robert FISHER

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FISHER, Walter Robert

Service Numbers:	VX51364, VX51364
Enlisted:	13 March 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 1 October 1920
Home Town:	Sunbury, Hume, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Truck Driver
Died:	Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 13 September 1983, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sunbury Public Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

13 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51364
6 Aug 1941:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51364, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, embarked Sydney for Middle East
9 Mar 1942:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51364, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, embarked Middle East for Ceylon
12 Jul 1942:	Embarked Private, VX51364 , 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, embarked Ceylon for Melbourne
27 Jun 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51364, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, embarked Townsville for Moresby
22 Nov 1943:	Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51364, 2nd/7th Infantry Battalion, embarked Moresby for Townsville
4 Apr 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX51364

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

One of four siblings (David, Walter, Irene and William) who served in WWII, Private Walter Robert Fisher (Service No:VX51364) enlisted in the AIF on 13 March 1941 and marched out to AASC Training Depot and 2 Training Battalion. Private/Driver Fisher was attached to 2/7 Infantry Battalion on 6 August 1941 when he embarked with his Unit from Sydney for the Middle East. On 9 March 1942 Private Fisher embarked from the Middle East for Ceylon, and then from Ceylon to Melbourne on 12 July 1942. Private Fisher served in New Guinea (June - November 1943 and February - March 1944), and was attached to 9 Reinforcements 2/7 Battalion at Discharge on 4 April 1945.

Born in Sunbury, Victoria in 1921, Walter was third of nine children of Alfred (Alf) Joseph Fisher (b1892 in Narrandera, New South Wales) and Veronica Ellen Falvey (b1899 at Riddells Creek in Victoria). Alf was a Labourer when he enlisted in the AIF (Private; Service No:794) in April 1917, and he and Veronica married in September 1917 in Sunbury. Following his Discharge from the Army, Alf and Veronica settled in Sunbury where they raised their family and Alf worked as a Labourer and later as an Asylum Attendant.

Walter worked as Truck Driver in Sunbury before enlisting in the Army in 1941, and in Melbourne in 1944 married Gladys May Smith (b1922 in Mooroopna, Victoria). Following his Discharge from the Army, Walter and Gladys settled in Melbourne, where they raised their family and Walter worked as a Mill Hand and then as Foreman until his death in 1983.

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