FISHER, Alfred
| Service Number: | 3510 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlisle, England, 1882 |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Bridge Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goonellabah Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3510, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3510, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Alfred FISHER, (Service Number 3510) born in Carlisle, England, in 1882, is known to have been employed as a ‘rough carpenter’ by the NSWGR on the Grafton-Murwillumbah line in 1914. A letter in his military records states that he was a ‘bridge carpenter’, which was a more specialised and skilled branch of the trade. When he enlisted in the AIF in Lismore in August 1915, his ‘trade or calling’ was recorded simply as ‘carpenter’.
On 5 August he was reported missing in action, and almost a year later that report was amended to ‘killed in action’.
He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Submitted 4 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Alfred FISHER (Service Number 3510) was born in Carlisle, England, in 1882. He was employed as a ‘rough carpenter’ by the NSWGR on the Grafton-Murwillumbah line in 1914. A letter in his military records states that he was a ‘bridge carpenter’, which was a more specialised and skilled branch of the trade. When he enlisted in the AIF in Lismore in August 1915, his occupation was recorded simply as ‘carpenter’.
He embarked from Brisbane in January 1916. He was sent via Egypt to France, where he landed in March. He spent a month in hospital with mumps before joining his unit in June. On 5th August1916 he was reported missing in action. Almost a year later that report was amended to ‘killed in action’.
He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board