Egbert Ernest Fisher

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
124648
Unit at enlistment: 
5th Canadian Mounted Rifles
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
No
Date of death: 
August 12th, 1918
Cemetery: 
Bouchoir New British Cemetery - Somme, France - I.A.3.
Commemorated at: 
Colborne Street Methodist Church, St. Andrew's United Church, Wesley United Church
Birth country: 
Canada
Birth county: 
Lincoln
Birth city: 
Clinton, Ontario
Address at enlistment: 
80 Victoria Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
80 Victoria Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Labourer
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
19

Letters and documents

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action. He had been assisting to carry wounded men to a dressing station near Bouchoir, and on returning he was instantly killed by the explosion of a bomb dropped from an enemy aeroplane.