Ted Fisher Explained

Ted Fisher
Fullname:Edward Edgar Fisher
Birth Date:11 July 1887
Birth Place:Richmond, Victoria
Height:179 cm
Weight:84 kg
Statsend:1918
Years1:1907
Games Goals1:1 (0)
Years2:1918
Games Goals2:4 (1)
Games Goalstotal:5 (1)

Edward Edgar "Anzac" Fisher (11 July 1887 – 24 January 1954) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Fisher was a strong, courageous ruck-rover who came to the Tigers as a result of serving with several Richmond players during the First World War. Fisher was in the A.I.F. for the duration of World War One, firstly at Gallipoli and then in France, hence his nickname "Anzac".[2]

Family

The son of John Hunter Fisher, and Agnes Fisher, née Parker, Edward Edgar Fisher was born at Richmond, Victoria on 11 July 1887.

He married Agnes Pauline Plunkett (1889-) in 1911;[3] they were divorced in 1924.[4]

Military service

He served in the First AIF. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) on 17 June 1918.[5]

Death

He died at Redfern, New South Wales on 24 January 1954.[6]

References

Notes and References

  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.278.
  2. Hogan (1996), p.73.
  3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196197116 Marriages: Fisher—Plunkett, The Age, (Saturday, 3 July 1911), p.7.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2069260 Divorce Court, The Argus, (Saturday, 15 November 1924), p.37.
  5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page24998851 "No.981 Regimental Quartermaster-Sergeant E. E. Fisher, Infantry", Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No.173, (Thursday, 7 November 1918), p.2114.
  6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18406582 Funerals: Fisher, The Sydney Morning Herald, (27 January 1954), p.36.