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FISHER, Guy
| Service Number: | 33 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Morphettville, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 5 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Queen Adelaide and Geelong State Schools Victoria |
| Occupation: | Law Clerk |
| Died: | Natural Causes, 27 August 1968, aged 77 years, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Members of the Legal Profession & Students at Law WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll |
Biography contributed by Steve Larkins
Guy Fisher was an articled Law Clerk living in Hyde Park south of the Adelaide CBD when war broke out. He was among the men who enlisted amost as soon as Morphetville Racecourse camp opened, as evidenced by his two digit service number.
Enlisted into A Company of the 10th Battalion, he trained and embarked with them on 20 October 1914, bound for the Middle East. During teh sea journey he was admitted to the ship's sick bay with Measles, in late November.
He became one of the A Company Scouts, who were to perform the role of skirmishers advancing forward of the main part of the Battalion.
He is one of nine men photographed together at what appears to be Mena Camp in Egypt. These men and their stories typify the fate of the men who were landed at Gallipoli on ANZAC Day 1915. Four were killed at or soon after the Landing. Guy Fisher was wounded and evacuated. Three of the survivors of ANZAC were commissioned. Of the three, one, Wilfid Jose was to die in action two years later. Arthur Blackburn went on to win a Victoria Cross at Pozieres. John Gordon trnasferred to the Australian Flying Corps and became an Ace (ie 5 or more victories) air gunner and later as a pilot as well. Eric Meldrum survived the war but not the peace, taking his own life in 1922.
The Scouts were charged with striking out to seize Gun or Third Ridge following the landing. That task proved harder than could have been imagined when their orders were struck.
Guy Fisher's war service was brought to a premature halt when he sustained a gunshot would to the elbow and evacuated to Egypt on 29/30 April 1914. He was returned to the Battalion on 20 June June and promoted to Lance Corporal on 29 June 1914.
By high summer, disease had become a major issue becasue of poor samiationand hygiene issues arising from the large numbers of unburied dead, particularly after Lone Pine. On 29 August he was evacuated with dysentery, via the 2nd Field Ambulance, initially to Mudros, then Malta and eventually to the United Kingdom. He met his future wife while recuperating and took his discharge from the AIF and a Commission in the Royal Garrison Artillery before being posted to India.
He returned to Australia in 1919 settling in Adelaide and completing his legal training.
His practice was at 33 Pirie Street in Adelaide
He applied for and was awarded his Gallipoli Medallion in 1967.
"The Flowers of the Forest"
Arthur BLACKBURN (/explore/people/930)
Guy FISHER (/explore/people/373586)
John GORDON (/explore/people/198723)
Wilfid JOSE (/explore/people/173634)
Eric MELDRUM (/explore/people/55797)
Philip ROBIN (/explore/people/9135)
Francis STOKES (/explore/people/60171)
Malcolm TEASEDALE-SMITH (/explore/people/190689)
Thomas WHYTE (/explore/people/170704)
Compiled by Steve Larkins 2013
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