FISH, Robert
| Service Number: | 3761 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Choppington, Northumberland, England., 1877 |
| Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Morpeth Public School, England. |
| Occupation: | Engine Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31 , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Breakfast Point War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3761, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3761, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3761, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 9 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 45th Infantry Battalion , From 13th Battalion | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 3761, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3761 awm_unit: 45 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1877 FISH Robert Morpeth 10b 354
Christened at Hartburn, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom-20 May 1877.
England and Wales Census, 1881
Hartburn Grange, Northumberland, England
Robert Fish Head-51-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
Rachel Fish –Wife-36-Rothley, Northumberland, England
Isabella Fish -Daughter-10-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
Elizabeth Fish –Daughter-6-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
Robert Fish -Son-4-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
John Thomas Fish –Son-3-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
James Fish –Son-1-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
William Walker –Boarder-75-Hexham Northumberland, England
England and Wales Census, 1891
Bedlington, Northumberland, England
Robert Fish -Head- 57-Northumberland, England
Elizh Fish –Daughter-17-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
Robert Fish –Son-14-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
John T Fish –Son-13-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
James Fish –Son-11-Hartburn, Northumberland, England
Margaret Fish -Daughter-8-Bedlington, Northumberland, England.
Enlistment date-18 August 1915.
Private-13th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement-Unit from Nominal Roll 45th Battalion.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915-he was then 38.
He was 40 and a son of the late Robert and Rachael Fish (nee Thornton); husband of Elizabeth Fish, of 128, Bon Accord Street, Aberdeen, Scotland. Mrs E Fish lived sometime at 97 Smith Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales