Harold A FISCHER

Regimental number8/375
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia, Australia
AddressOteramika Road, Invercargill
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, F R Fischer, c/o William Haughton and Co, Collins Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Sergeant
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo 2 Outpost Cemetery (Row F, Grave No 10), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugo and Annie Fischer
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt Frank Reinhard FISCHER, 6th Bn, AIF, killed in action, 10 August 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body

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