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{{infobox soldier
| name           = Osborne Fisher
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| image           = [[File:Fisher_Osborne.jpg|border|400px]]
 
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| caption         = courtesy Kel Fisher
| title          =
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| image2         = [[File:Fisher_Osborne_2.jpg|400px]]
| above          =
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| caption2        =
| subheader      =
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| dateofbirth   = not known Apr 1878
 
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| placeofbirth   = Araluen, New South Wales
 
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| death           = 6 Aug 1916
|  image        = [[File:Fisher_Osborne.jpg|border|400px]]
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| placeofdeath   = Poziéres, France
| caption       = courtesy Kel Fisher
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| enlistmentage   = 38 years, 2 months
|   image2       =  
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| description   = 5'8" (1.73m) tall; weight 138 lbs (62.6kg); dark complexion; blue eyes; dark brown hair
| caption2      =
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| height          = 5'8" (1.73m)
 
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| weight          = 138 lbs
|headerstyle  = background:#ccf;
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| complexion      = dark
|labelstyle  = background:#ddf;
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| eyes            = blue
|datastyle    =  
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| hair            = dark brown
 
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| descriptionnote =
| header1  = Personal Information
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| occupation   = Labourer
 
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| religion   = Church of England
|  label2  = Date of Birth
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| address   = Mundijong, Western Australia
data2  = not known 1878
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| relation   = Mother
 
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| nextofkin      = Mrs Elizabeth Fisher
|  label3  = Place of Birth
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| regnumber   = [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3909234 3106]
data3  = Marulan, New South Wales
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| enlistmentdate = 7 Jul 1915
 
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| rank           = Private
| label4  = Death
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| unit      = 16th Battalion, 10th Reinforcements transferred to 48th Battalion /12th Brigade, 4th Division
|  data4  = 6 Aug 1916
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| embarkationdatefrom = 13 Oct 1915  
 
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| embarkationdateto = ?? Nov 1915
|  label5  = Place of Death
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| shipembarked   = [[HMAT A32 Themistocles]]
data5  = Poziéres, France
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| embarkedshipnote =
 
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| embarkationdatefrom2 =
|  label6  = Age at Enlistment
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| embarkationdateto2 =  
data6  = 38 years, 2 months
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| shipembarked2   =  
 
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| embarkedshipnote2 =
|  label7  = Description
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| dateofreturnfrom =
data7  = 5'8" (1.73m); weight 138 lbs (62.6kg); dark complexion, blue eyes and dark brown hair.
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| dateofreturnto =  
 
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| shipreturned    =
| label8  = Occupation
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| shipreturnednote =
|   data8  = labourer
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| dateofreturnfrom2 =
 
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| dateofreturnto2 =  
| label9  = Religion
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| shipreturned2    =
data9  = Church of England
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| shipreturnednote2 =
 
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| fate1           = Killed in Action 6 Aug 1916 at Poziéres
|  label10  = Address
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| fate2          =
data10  = Mundijong, Western Australia
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| fate3          =
 
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| fate4          =
| label11 = Next of Kin
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| monument1   = [[Mundijong Honour Roll]]
|   data11 = Mother Mrs Elizabeth Fisher
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| monumentnote1  =
 
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| monument2   = [[Jarrahdale War Memorial]]
| header12 = Military Information
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| monumentnote2  =
 
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| monument3   = [[Villers-Bretonneux Memorial]]
|  label13 = Reg Number
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| monumentnote3  =
data13 = [https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3909234 3106]
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| monument4   = [[Jarrahdale Honour Roll]]
 
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| monumentnote4  =
label14 = Date of Enlistment
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| monument5   = [[ANZAC Memorial Park (Byford)]]
|  data14 = 7 Jul 1915
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| monumentnote5  =
 
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| monument6   =
| label15 = Rank
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| monumentnote6  =
|  data15 = Private
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| monumentawm    = [https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1732040 Australian War Memorial]
 
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| monumentawmnote =
| label16 = Unit/Formation
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| monumentother  =
|  data16 = 16th Battalion, 10th Reinforcements transferred to 48th Battalion /12th Brigade, 4th Division
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| monumentothernote =
 
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| medal1   = [[1914-15 Star]]
| label17 = Date of Embarkation
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| medal2          = [[British War Medal]]
|  data17 = 13 Sep 1915 - 13 Oct 1915
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| medal3          = [[Victory Medal]]
 
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| medal4          =
| label18 = Ship Embarked On
 
data18 = [[HMAT A32 Themistocles]]
 
 
 
| label19 = Date of Return
 
data19 =  
 
 
 
label20 = Ship Returned On
 
|   data20 =  
 
 
 
label21 = Fate
 
|   data21 = Killed in Action 6 Aug 1916 at Poziéres
 
 
 
| label22 = Monument
 
data22 = [[Jarrahdale]]
 
 
 
| label23 = Medals
 
data23 =  
 
 
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
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==Pre War==
 
==Pre War==
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Believed to have married in 1900 in Western Australia, but enlistment documents show him to be widowed and he gave his mother as NOK.
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Electoral Roll entries - 1910 labourer at Mornington Mills; 1912 labourer at Dowerin; 1913 a mill hand at Pindalup; 1915 timber hewer at Hoffman's Landing.
 
Electoral Roll entries - 1910 labourer at Mornington Mills; 1912 labourer at Dowerin; 1913 a mill hand at Pindalup; 1915 timber hewer at Hoffman's Landing.
 
 
==War Service==
 
==War Service==
Following basic training in Australia, Osborne and his reinforcement draft were shipped to Port Suez where further training was undertaken.
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Following basic training in Australia, Osborne and his reinforcement draft were shipped to Port Suez where further training was undertaken. Osborne was taken on strength of the [[16th Battalion]] on 5 Feb 1916 at Ismailia, and then transferred to the [[48th Battalion]] on 3 Mar 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir.  He was employed as a Lewis gunner. On 2 Jun 1916, along with the rest of the 48th Battalion, he boarded the [[HMT Caledonia]] in Alexandria, and they disembarked on 9 Jun 1916 at Marseilles, and travelled north by train.
 
 
Osborne was taken on strength of the 16th Battalion on 5 Feb 1916 at Ismailia, and then transferred to the 48th Battalion on 3 Mar 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir.  He was employed as a Lewis gunner.
 
 
 
On 2 Jun 1916, along with the rest of the 48th Battalion, he boarded the [[HMT Caledonia]] in Alexandria, and they disembarked on 9 Jun 1916 at Marseilles, and travelled north by train.
 
  
 
On 6 Aug 1916 the 48th Battalion was in the front lines adjacent to Poziéres when they were very heavily shelled.  
 
On 6 Aug 1916 the 48th Battalion was in the front lines adjacent to Poziéres when they were very heavily shelled.  
  
Red Cross file..<blockquote>"I saw Pte Fisher hit by a shell while in the trenches at Pozieres, he was literally blown to pieces.  He had some Australian sovereigns in his pocket and was just going to lend them to a friend Pte McLean when the shell came over.  He had a dark moustache and was an elderly man."  '''Martin A.A. Pte 3141'''</blockquote>
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Red Cross file.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1043798 |title=Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files - Osborne Fisher |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2018|website=Australian War Memorial |access-date=2 May 2018}}</ref><blockquote>"I saw Pte Fisher hit by a shell while in the trenches at Pozieres, he was literally blown to pieces.  He had some Australian sovereigns in his pocket and was just going to lend them to a friend Pte McLean when the shell came over.  He had a dark moustache and was an elderly man."  '''Martin A.A. Pte 3141'''</blockquote>
  
 
<div><ul>  
 
<div><ul>  
 
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Fisher_Osborne_&_Walter_memorial.jpg|thumb|none|400px|48th Battalion panel Viller-Bretonneux Memorial]] </li>
 
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Fisher_Osborne_&_Walter_memorial.jpg|thumb|none|400px|48th Battalion panel Viller-Bretonneux Memorial]] </li>
<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Villers_Bretonneux_Memorial.jpg|thumb|none| 400px|Linton Reynolds photo 2015]] </li>
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<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Villers_Bretonneux_Memorial.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Linton Reynolds photo 2015]] <li>
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<li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:Fisher_Osborne_3.jpg|thunb|none|400px|King's Park Memorial walk May drive]] </li>
 
</ul></div>
 
</ul></div>
  
 
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
  
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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*[https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=98055 AIF Project]
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*[https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/84276 RSL Memorial]
  
 
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[[Category:Soldier]]
 
[[Category:Soldier]]
[[Category:48th Battalion]]
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[[Category:1916 KIA]]
[[Category:1916_Deaths]]
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[[Category:1916 Deaths]]
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[[Category:Killed in action]]
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[[Category:Born Australia]]
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[[Category:Born NSW]]
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[[Category:labourer]]
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[[Category:Church of England]]
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[[Category:Serpentine-Jarrahdale]]

Latest revision as of 13:55, 9 July 2022

Osborne Fisher
Fisher Osborne.jpg
courtesy Kel Fisher
Fisher Osborne 2.jpg
Personal Information
Date of Birth not known Apr 1878
Place of Birth Araluen, New South Wales
Death 6 Aug 1916
Place of Death Poziéres, France
Age at Enlistment 38 years, 2 months
Description 5'8" (1.73m) tall ; 138 lbs
62.596 kg
; dark complexion ; blue eyes ; dark brown hair
Occupation Labourer
Religion Church of England
Address Mundijong, Western Australia
Next of Kin Mother , Mrs Elizabeth Fisher
Military Information
Reg Number 3106
Date of Enlistment 7 Jul 1915
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 16th Battalion, 10th Reinforcements transferred to 48th Battalion /12th Brigade, 4th Division
Date of Embarkation 13 Oct 1915 ‒ ?? Nov 1915
Ship Embarked On HMAT A32 Themistocles
Fate Killed in Action 6 Aug 1916 at Poziéres
Monument Mundijong Honour Roll
Jarrahdale War Memorial
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Jarrahdale Honour Roll
ANZAC Memorial Park (Byford)
Australian War Memorial
Medals 1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal



Pre War

Believed to have married in 1900 in Western Australia, but enlistment documents show him to be widowed and he gave his mother as NOK.

Electoral Roll entries - 1910 labourer at Mornington Mills; 1912 labourer at Dowerin; 1913 a mill hand at Pindalup; 1915 timber hewer at Hoffman's Landing.

War Service

Following basic training in Australia, Osborne and his reinforcement draft were shipped to Port Suez where further training was undertaken. Osborne was taken on strength of the 16th Battalion on 5 Feb 1916 at Ismailia, and then transferred to the 48th Battalion on 3 Mar 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir. He was employed as a Lewis gunner. On 2 Jun 1916, along with the rest of the 48th Battalion, he boarded the HMT Caledonia in Alexandria, and they disembarked on 9 Jun 1916 at Marseilles, and travelled north by train.

On 6 Aug 1916 the 48th Battalion was in the front lines adjacent to Poziéres when they were very heavily shelled.

Red Cross file.[1]
"I saw Pte Fisher hit by a shell while in the trenches at Pozieres, he was literally blown to pieces. He had some Australian sovereigns in his pocket and was just going to lend them to a friend Pte McLean when the shell came over. He had a dark moustache and was an elderly man." Martin A.A. Pte 3141
  • 48th Battalion panel Viller-Bretonneux Memorial
  • Linton Reynolds photo 2015
  • King's Park Memorial walk May drive

Notes

  1. "Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing Files - Osborne Fisher". Australian War Memorial. 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018. 

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