Osborne FISHER

FISHER, Osborne

Service Number: 3106
Enlisted: 7 July 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 48th Infantry Battalion
Born: Araluen, New South Wales, Australia , 23 April 1878
Home Town: Collie, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling: Public School, Marulan, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916, aged 38 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated on the Australian National War Memorial, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Jarrahdale Roll Of Honor WW1, Jarrahdale War Memorial, Mundijong Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

7 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3106, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
13 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3106, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
6 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3106, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3106 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-06

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He and his brother,Walter Stanley Fisher, who fell with him, are on the same Villers-Bretonneux panel

Their brother, Benjamin fell in the Boer War and another brother, William Joseph Fisher survived the Great War and returned to Australia.