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FISHER, Walter Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4272 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marulan, New South Wales, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Mundijong, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Public School, Marulan, New South Wales and State School, Rockingham, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, vicinity Pozieres France, 6 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Puchevillers British Cemetery, Puchevillers, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jarrahdale Roll Of Honor WW1, Jarrahdale War Memorial, Mundijong Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4272, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 29 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4272, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 4272, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4272 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His brother, Osborne Fisher is commemorated on the same Villers-Bretonnex panel.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31.
Their brother Benjamin fell in the Boer War.
Another brother, William Joseph Fisher survived the Great War but had to have a lung removed as a result of gas poisoning
They were sons of William and Elizabeth Fisher
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