FISHER, James
| Service Numbers: | 304, 504 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1915, South Head, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1894 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Adamstown Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Shell wounds - right leg, 44th Casualty Clearing Station, Brandhoek, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Nine Elms British Cemetery III. F. 2., Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hope of Adamstown Tent No I.O.R. 76, Newcastle 3rd Australian Garrison Artillery Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 304, Siege Artillery Brigade, South Head, Sydney | |
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| 8 Nov 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 504, Siege Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 504, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 30 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 36th Heavy Artillery Group | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 504, 36th Heavy Artillery Group, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 504 awm_unit: 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery, never forgotten.
105 years ago today, on the 4th October 1917, Sergeant James Fisher, 36th Australian Heavy Artillery Group (Reg No-504), engineer (A. Goninan and Company, Fitting Department), from 69 Victoria Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at the Battle of Broodseinde (GSW or shell wounds, right leg, 44th Casualty Clearing Station), Passchendaele Campaign, age 22 years 11 months.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 11th November 1894 to John (died 11.8.1929) and Mary Jane Fisher (died 24.10.1940) also of Thomas Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., James enlisted July 1915 with the Siege Artillery Brigade at South Head, N.S.W.
James is resting at Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium. Plot III Row F Grave 2. (photos courtesy of Eddie Lin).
Mr. Fisher’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Adamstown Independent Order of Rechabites, Hope of Adamstown Tent No. 76 Honour Roll (photo courtesy of Marion Davis, unveiled on the 25th April 1921, 31 names inscribed, 8 Fallen, whereabouts unknown), A. Goninan and Company Roll of Honour, 3rd Australian Garrison Artillery Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
James has been memorialised on parents’ headstone, and I have poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of their son’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 5 SW. 2.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
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Lest We Forget.
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