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Frank Norman FISHER

Regimental number436
Date of birth23 December 1893
Place of birthSnowtown, South Australia
SchoolNorwood Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTailor
AddressRenmark, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 9"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinFather, Frank Fisher, Birrell Street, Norwood, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMorphettville, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 32), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
59
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Payneham Cemetery, South Australia. Parents: Frank and Anna FISHER, Balham Avenue, Kingswood, South Australia. Native of Norwood. Photo: Brian McLauchlan
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6090 Pte Eric Charles FISHER, 8th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 6 November 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Adelaide, 20 October 1914.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 2 March 1915.

Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 25-29 April 1915; reported missing in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915.

Board of Inquiry held in the field, 5 June 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FISHER Frank Norman

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