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George Melrose FISH (1891 - 1916)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	George Melrose FISH (1891 - 1916)	George Jonathan FISH (1868 - 1903)
		Harriet Elizabeth STRACHAN (1869 - 1942)	John Malachi STRACHAN (1836 - 1884)
			Harriet Agnes WOOD (1834 - 1910)	James WOOD
				Elizabeth JARVIS

b. 1891 at Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

d. 1916 at France aged 25

Near Relatives of George Melrose FISH (1891 - 1916)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	John Malachi STRACHAN	abt 1836		1884	North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	48
Grandmother	Harriet Agnes WOOD	1834		1910	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	76
Father	George Jonathan FISH	1868	Ipswich, Queenland, Australia	1903	East Melbourne, Vic, Australia	35
Step Father	Peter DREDGE	1873	Bellarine, Victoria, Australia	1912	Warragul, Victoria, Australia	39
Mother	Harriet Elizabeth STRACHAN	1869	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1942	Prahan, Victoria, Australia	73
Self	George Melrose FISH	1891	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	1916	France	25
Sister	Mabel Maude FISH	1889	North Carlton, Victoria, Australia	1955	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	66
Brother	Charles Vivian FISH	1895	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	1918	France	23
Sister	Jessie Doughty FISH	1897	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	1990	Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	93
Brother	Henry Norman FISH	1900	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	1973	Victoria, Australia	73
Half Brother	Frank Joseph DREDGE	1905	Victoria, Australia	1972	Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia	67
Half Brother	Frederick Peter DREDGE	1908	Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia	1968	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	60
Uncle	John Thomas (Jack) STRACHAN			1919	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Aunt	Margaret (UNKNOWN)
Uncle	James Wood STRACHAN	1860	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1931	Victoria, Australia	71
Uncle	Gustavus Douglas STRACHAN	1864	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1922	East Brunswick, Victoria, Australia	58
Aunt	Margaretta Lucy HOCKING	1874	Victoria, Australia	1902	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	28
Uncle	William STRACHAN	1867	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1945	Victoria, Australia	78
Aunt	Kate JOHNSON	1868	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	1900	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	32
Aunt	Gertrude Jane JOHNSON			1962	Victoria, Australia
Aunt	Mabel Barbara STRACHAN	1871	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1960	Victoria, Australia	89
Aunt	Mary Doughty STRACHAN	1874	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1963	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	89
Uncle	Frank Vivian DREDGE	1867	Portarlington, Geelong, Victoria, Australia	1941	North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	74
Aunt	Jessie Jervis STRACHAN	1878	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	1900	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	22
Cousin	Alick STRACHAN
Cousin	Florrie STRACHAN
Cousin	Georgie STRACHAN
Cousin	Gussie STRACHAN
Cousin	Rita STRACHAN
Cousin	Roy STRACHAN
Cousin	William STRACHAN
Cousin	Ethel Murial STRACHAN	1897	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Alfred STRACHAN
Cousin	Gwenda STRACHAN
Cousin	William Harold STRACHAN	1894
Cousin	Elsie Victoria STRACHAN	1895	Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1972	Malvern East, Victoria, Australia	77
Cousin	Norman Barrington STRACHAN	1898		1916	Victoria, Australia	18
Cousin	Bertram Clyde STRACHAN	1909	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	2006		97
Cousin	Colin STRACHAN	1914	Essendon, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1917	North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	3
Cousin	Alice Mary DREDGE	1900	North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	1979	Caufield, Victoria	79
Cousin	Jessie Olive DREDGE	1902	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	1978	Parkville, Victoria, Australia	76
Brother in Law	David William LOUIS
Brother in Law	Andrew Robert FRANDSEN
Brother in Law	Harold Walter BRENTNALL			1996
Sister in Law	Irma Helena JACOBS	1916		1992		76

Events in George Melrose FISH (1891 - 1916)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1891		George Melrose FISH was born	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1903	12	Death of father George Jonathan FISH (aged 35)	East Melbourne, Vic, Australia	Burial info
1912	21	Death of step father Peter DREDGE (aged 39)	Warragul, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1916	25	George Melrose FISH died	France	Burial info
1916	25	Burial	Puchevillers British Cemetery, Department de la Somme, Picardie	Note 3	90

Note 1: Geo Melrose Fish in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Geo Melrose Fish Birth Date Abt 1891 Birth Place Fitzroy, Victoria Registration Year 1891 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Father Geo Fish Mother Hart Strachan Registration Number 12251

Note 2: Peter Dredge in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Peter Dredge Death Age 37 Birth Date abt 1875 Death Date Abt 1912 Death Place Warragul, Victoria Registration Date 1912 Registration Place Australia Registration Number 3815

Note 3: Staff Sergeant George Melrose Fish VVeteran Birth 1891 North Fitzroy, Yarra City, Victoria, Australia Death 1 Aug 1916 (aged 24–25) France Burial Puchevillers British Cemetery Puchevillers, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Plot Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 64 See notes

Personal Notes:

Find A Grave notes Service number:--- 99 Born:--- North Fitzroy, Victoria Religion:--- Presbyterian Civilian employment:--- Salesman Address:--- Alvie, Victoria Marital status:--- Single Age on enlistment:-- 23 years and 5 months. Next of kin:---Mother, Mrs Harriet Lowery Fish, Alvie, Victoria Enlist:---19th August 1914, at Melbourne, Victoria. Last Rank :---Staff Sergeant Last Unit:---2nd Field Ambulance, Australian Infantry, AIF. Fate:--- Died, wound left leg, 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, France, on 1 August 1916 Burial:--- Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Parents: George Jonathan and Harriet Elizabeth Fish, 2 Nash Street, Brunswick East. ****************************************************************** Son of George Jonathon Fish and Harriet E. Fish (later known as Lowery of QLD) nee Strachan of 'Alvie', Colac, Victoria. Brother of Charles Vivian Fish who died of wounds on the 17 April 1918 while serving with the 2nd Field Ambulance and was buried in the Ebblinghem Military Cemetery. Plot 1, Row C, Grave 28 Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal ************************************************************************** Identity Disc:--Worn by 99 Staff Sergeant George Melrose Fish of 2 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC). Fish was born in North Fitzroy, VIC in 1891 and worked as a salesman with Felton Grimwade & Co, a wholesale druggists and manufacturing chemist. He enlisted in the AAMC on 19 August 1914. Fish served on Gallipoli from 28 April 1915 and later went on to France. On 1 August 1916 he died as a result of wounds to his leg. He was buried in France at Puchevillers British Cemetery. Fish served in 2 Fld Amb alongside his brother Private Charles Vivian Fish who also died of wounds, in April 1918. This pattern of identity disc was worn until the end of the Gallipoli campaign. In 1916 it was replaced by a pair of discs made of composite fibre. Gravesite Details Staff Sergeant, 2nd Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. Died of wounds. Son of George Jonathan and Harriet Elizabeth Fish, of 2 Nash St., Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia. Native of North Fitzroy, Victoria. Age 25.

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Geo Melrose Fish in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name Geo Melrose Fish Birth Date Abt 1891 Birth Place Fitzroy, Victoria Registration Year 1891 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Father Geo Fish Mother Hart Strachan Registration Number 12251

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Staff Sergeant George Melrose Fish VVeteran Birth 1891 North Fitzroy, Yarra City, Victoria, Australia Death 1 Aug 1916 (aged 24–25) France Burial Puchevillers British Cemetery Puchevillers, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Plot Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 64

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