Forenames

George AWMM

Surname

Fisher AWMM

Also known as

George Taplin Fisher AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/2193 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 20 May 1893 AWMM
• 20 May 1893 Public Source

Date of birth

20 May 1893

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Place of birth

Gore

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Next of kin

Esau Fisher (father), Neudorf, Upper Moutere, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 24/2193 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Coach builder/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM 5th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

George Fisher was the son of Esau and Hessie Jane Fisher, of Neudorf, Nelson, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr E. Fisher, Motuere, Nelson (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

29 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, Nord, France AWMM I. R. 28. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21003010
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/203387/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/203387
  Further Reference

References

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.