Walter Stanley Fisher

Kalgoorlie Sun 18 Feb 1917 page 6.
Personal Information
Date of Birth	not known 1885
Place of Birth	Marulan, New South Wales
Death	6 Aug 1916
Place of Death	Poziéres, France
Age at Enlistment	30 years, 7 months
Description	5'8" tall; weight 144 lbs (kg); fair complexion, blue eyes, brown hair.
Occupation	labourer
Religion	Church of England
Address	Mundijong, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Mother Mrs Elizabeth Fisher
Military Information
Reg Number	4272
Date of Enlistment	27 Sep 1915
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	16th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement transferred to 48th Battalion / 12th Brigade, 4th Division
Date of Embarkation	29 Jan 1916 - 26 Feb 1916
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A54 Runic
Fate	Killed in Action 6 Aug 1916
Monument	Mundijong
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

Pre War

Electoral Roll entries - 1910 a mill hand at the Jarrahdale Board Mill; 1915 mill hand at No. 1 Mill, Jarrahdale.

War Service

Following initial training at Blackboy Hill camp, Walter and his reinforcement draft travelled to Egypt where on 26 Feb 1916 he was taken on strength of the 16th Battalion at Zeitoun. As part of the establishment of two new Division, on 2 Apr 1916 he was transferred to the 48th Battalion at Serapeum.

Boarded HMT Caledonia in Alexandria on 2 Jun 1916 for Marseilles, arriving there on 9 Jun 1916.

On 28 Jul 1916 he was admitted to 12th Australian Field Ambulance with dyspepsia, and on 30 July he was transferred to the 1st Anzac Rest Station, and then on 3 Aug 1916 he rejoined his battalion.

On 8 Aug 1916 when the battalion was withdrawn from the line at Poziéres, Walter was posted as Missing in Action. A Board of Enquiry held nine months later decided that he had been Killed in Action on 6 Aug 1916 during the very heavy bombardment that occurred while the 48th Battalion was holdng the front line. Thus Walter and his brother Osborne were killed the same day.

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  48th Battalion panel Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
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  Linton Reynolds photo 2015