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William Graham Duncan Fisher
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BiographyWilliam Fisher left Sydney in command of a reinforcement company of the 19th battalion.
He received a gun shot wound in his left thigh in August 1916. He was wounded again in the face, hand, foot and thigh in February 1917 and was transferred to the No 1 British Red Cross Hospital (Duchess of Westminster’s Hospital) where he died of Septicemia.
At Sydney University he joined the Scouts serving as a Senior Cadet. His army records list him as a student but his death circular has him as a clerk.
Age22
Date of Death24 Match 1917
Civil employmentArticled Law Clerk
EducatedBarker College
RelationshipsSon of John Duncan Fisher of Kent Street, Sydney, NSW
He received a gun shot wound in his left thigh in August 1916. He was wounded again in the face, hand, foot and thigh in February 1917 and was transferred to the No 1 British Red Cross Hospital (Duchess of Westminster’s Hospital) where he died of Septicemia.
At Sydney University he joined the Scouts serving as a Senior Cadet. His army records list him as a student but his death circular has him as a clerk.






Service Information
RankLieutenant
Regiment18th Australian Infantry Battalion
Place of embarkmentSydney
Date of embarkment11 March 1916
Place of deathLe Touquet, France
Memorial or CemeteryEtaples Military Cemetery, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorial/Cemetery Barker College
Memorial NotesThe Barker College First World War memorial is six bronze panels on two brick pylons which list the names of former students who served and died in the First World War. The pylons sit on either side of steps from the playground below the Head of School's office.
KeywordsBarker College
First World War
WW1











William Graham Duncan Fisher. Hornsby Shire, accessed 21/09/2023, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/5207