Henry Norman (Harry) FISHER

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FISHER, Henry Norman

Service Number:	134
Enlisted:	17 September 1914, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	4th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia , June 1881
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Delivery Man
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918
Cemetery:	Vendelles Communal Cemetery Grave No 6., Vendelles Communal Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Boys' State School, Cairns Cenotaph, Cairns St Andrews Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 134, Place of Enlistment, Cairns, Queensland.
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 134, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 134, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
9 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
25 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 134, 15th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel Wound right shoulder.
14 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Pioneer Battalion
6 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 4th Pioneer Battalion
2 Nov 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Reverts to Sergeant, 1.4.1918
18 Sep 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 134, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 134 awm_unit: 4th Australian Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-09-18

Henry Norman Fisher.

Henry (Harry) Fisher was born in Bundaberg in 1895, the first of 5 children of Isaac Fisher and Isabella Hartley, Harry Norman 1895, Ernest 1896, Victor Alexander 1899, Nellie Amanda 1902 and Cecil Hector 1905.

Prior to his service in the 15th Infantry Battalion, Henry served in the Far North Queensland Kennedy Regiment, known as the Dirty 500. Members of the Dirty 500, including Henry, landed on Thursday Island on 16 August 1914 from the troopship “Kanowna”, to take part in the capture of German New Guinea. An incident on board the “Kanowna” involving the firemen forced the immediate return of the troops to Townsville on 18 August 1914; he was discharged the same day.

On his enlistment in Townsville his age was 20 years, occupation a delivery man and next of kin was his mother, Mrs. I Fisher, Sheridan St., Cairns. His height was 5 feet 11 inches, weighed 152 pounds with a fair complexion, light grey eyes and light brown hair. He was Church of England.

He embarked from Melbourne on 22 December 1914 on the HMAT Ceramic was promoted to Corporal in 1915 then Sergeant on the 27 May 1916.

Henry was wounded in action in France on the 25 July 1916 then rejoined the 4th Pioneers Battalion and was killed in action in France on the 18 September 1918. He was buried in Vendelles Churchyard Communal Cemetery, Picardie, France.
Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society

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