James Joseph FISHER

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Service Numbers:	541, 1621
Enlisted:	1 March 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
Born:	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 14 April 1883
Home Town:	Sunshine, Brimbank, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Sheet Metal Worker
Died:	Pneumonia and Influenza, Caulfield Military Hospital, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 June 1919, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria Footscray Cemetery, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 541, 23rd Infantry Battalion
1 May 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 23rd Infantry Battalion
5 Nov 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 541, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
2 Mar 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 23rd Infantry Battalion
30 Sep 1918:	Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 1621, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force
18 Dec 1918:	Involvement Private, 1621, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Melusia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
18 Dec 1918:	Embarked Private, 1621, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, SS Melusia, Sydney

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Served as a Sergeant in 23rd Battalion AIF until wounded in hand at Gallipoli and dischcharged medically unfit in 1917

Reenlisted as a Private in 1918 and seved with Australian & Naval Military Expeditionary Force until discharged in 1919