Osborne Fisher
From Our Contribution
 courtesy Kel Fisher | |
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| 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); weight 138 lbs (62.6kg); dark complexion, blue eyes and 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 Sep 1915 - 13 Oct 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) |
| Medals |
1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal |
Contents
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.."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
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