Edgar George FISH

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Service Number:	2891
Enlisted:	18 May 1916, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Narromine, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Nyngan, Bogan, New South Wales
Schooling:	Narromine Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Wounds to the both legs, 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, France, 21 April 1917
Cemetery:	Grevillers British Cemetery Plot 1, Row D, Grave 19. Headstone inscription reads: Love's memories through life will ever bear you back to us again, Grevillers British Cemetery, Grevillers, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

18 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2891, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Dubbo, NSW
26 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2891, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
26 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2891, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney
23 Mar 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 19th Infantry Battalion, From 53rd Battalion
21 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 2891, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2891 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-21

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Son of George Fish and Helen Fish of Narromine, NSW. Brother of Arthur J. Fish of'Gundongs', Tomingley, NSW

Next of kin given as a freind Elizabeth Lane of 'Riversdale', Nyngan, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal issued to Arthur J. Fish