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John James Henry FISHER

Regimental number2306
Date of birth26 June 1867
Place of birthStradbroke, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationHotel licensee
AddressImperial Hotel, Inverell, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44.8
Height5' 7"
Next of kinWife, Mrs Annie Fisher, Imperial Hotel, Inverell, New South Wales
Previous military serviceMember, Quirindi Rifle Club.
Enlistment date8 July 1916
Place of enlistmentInverell, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name34th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/51/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll34th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 6 June 1918
Discharge date6 September 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 17 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917; marched into 9th Training Bn, 12 January 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 April 1917; taken on strength, 34th Bn, in the field, 30 April 1917.

Detached to 11th Field Company Engineers, 26 May 1917; rejoined Bn, 13 May 1917.

Detached to Salvage Company, 6 July 1917.

Admitted to 6th General Hospital, Rouen, 17 April 1918; transferred to England, 20 April 1918, and admitted to 15th Canadian General Hospital, Taplow, 21 April 1918 (debility); transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 6 May 1918; discharged on furlough, 14 May 1918, to report to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 28 May 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Barambah', 6 Jule 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 31 July 1918, for onward travel to Sydney; discharged (medically unfit: debility following trench fever), Sydney, 6 September 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Re-enlisted, 23 September 1918, as 1543 Pte, Naval & Military Expeditionary Force; embarked Sydney, 2 October 1918; served in Rabaul; commenced return to Australia, 8 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of enlistment), Sydney, 2 September 1919.
Miscellaneous detailsPlace of birth incorrectly entered on NAA RecordSearch as Straabreed, Victoria. True age at enlistment: 49.
SourcesNAA: B2455, FISHER John James Henry

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