Osborne Fisher

courtesy Kel Fisher
Personal Information
Date of Birth	not known 1878
Place of Birth	Marulan, 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	Jarrahdale

Pre War

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