James Wharton Severn FISHER

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FISHER, James Wharton Severn

Service Number:	422477
Enlisted:	22 May 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 142 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia, 21 January 1917
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Leichhardt Junior Technical School & Sydney Technical College, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Draughtsman
Died:	Flying Battle, Italy, 16 March 1944, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Bari War Cemetery Plot XV, Row D, Grave 39
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 422477, Aircrew Training Units
22 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 422477
16 Mar 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 422477, No. 142 Squadron (RAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant James Wharton Severn Fisher 422477 was killed in the loss of Wellington HF764 at Foggia, Italy - Flight Sergeant Roy William O'Malley 35255 survived, discharged January 1946

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

James Wharton Severn FISHER was born in Cessnock, NSW on 21st January, 1917

His parents were Henry Heath FISHER & Cecilia Ellen CHATTERTON who married in England in 1911

He married Gladys Marjorie GARDINER in Sydney on 14th December, 1940

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His brother Henry Heath FISHER (SN 411764) served in the RAAF and died on 11th February, 1942 in an aircraft accident

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