Edgar Ford Kent

Tom and I visited Villers-Bretonneaux Cemetery in the Somme, France, just after Anzac Day to pay respect to my grandmother Mary Kent's brother Edgar Ford Kent (#2894) who died on 5 July 1918. A moving experience...so many cemeteries and so many who have not been identified...

Edgar Ford Kent
taken 26 April 2012
Location XX E9

Edgar Ford Kent
Villers-Bretonneaux Cemetery
26 April 2012

Villers-Bretonneaux Cemetery
26 April 2012

John Francis Raven Fisher and Joan Foster Fisher nee Miller

Commemoration plaques in the Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) Victorian Garden of Remembrance for Tom's parents, J F R Fisher VX145495 and Joan Foster Fisher nee Miller VFX 127718 can be found at Wall 130 Row S.  Joan passed away in 1995 and John passed away in 2003.  I was able to request that the 2 plaques could be placed together.

Plaque for Joan Foster Fisher nee Miller

Plaque for John Francis Raven Fisher

Plaques for Joan and John Fisher

Location of plaques

Location of plaques

Charles James Harman

In the Australian War Graves at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, you can find #251051 Charles James Harman (1878-1943), husband of Lavinia Raven Fisher, the daughter of John Raven Fisher.  The grave is located in the Lawn in section 1P, Australian War Graves C, Grave 10.

C J Harman
Australian War Graves Springvale

C J Harman
Australian War Graves Springvale

Jenkinson Fisher and Florence May Fisher nee Collins

Quite close to David Fisher family grave at Springvale Botanical Cemetery, you can find the grave of Florence May Fisher nee Collins (abt 1888-1936), the wife of Jenkinson Fisher (1892-1965).  Sadly the headstone is cracked.   The grave is located beside a shady tree in the Church of England, Monumental, Compartment R, Section, Grave 26.  Springvale Cemetery record that her husband Jenkinson Fisher is also buried there, but he is not noted on the headstone. Jenkinson is the son of Joseph and Agnes Fisher, brother of Elsyian Lucas nee Fisher, and nephew of David Fisher.  I took this photo when I visited the cemetery in March 2012.

Headstone of Florence May Fisher

Grave of Jenkinson and Florence May Fisher

Location of grave of Jenkinson and Florence May Fisher nee Collins

Elsyian Lucas nee Fisher

Springvale Botanical Cemetery is also the resting place of Elsyian Lucas nee Fisher (1889-1954), the daughter of Joseph and Agnes Fisher.  She is buried with her husband McKenzie Alexander Lucas (1888-1975) in the Presbyterian, Monumental, Compartment C, Section 7, Grave 23.  Sadly their daughter Dorothy Isobel Lucas is also buried there.  It is only a small distance away from her uncle David Fisher's family grave, and also her brother Jenkinson Fisher's wife Florence May Fisher nee Collins.

Headstone for Elsyian Lucas nee Fisher

Lucas family grave

Lucas family grave

Lucas family grave

Darwin bombing veteran

Uncle Gordon Ellis, who turned 90 yesterday in Barham NSW, has just returned from the 70th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin.  You can read more in the Bendigo Advertiser on 18 February and 6 March 2012.  Also the Koondrook Barham Bridge 9 March 2012.

There's a great photo in the Northern Territory News as well!

David Fisher and Louisa Fisher nee Yate

Springvale Botanical Cemetery is the resting place for David Fisher (1953-1925) and his wife Louisa Fisher nee Yate (1956-1934), daughters Anne (1882-1914) and  Emily Victoria (1897-1963).   They are all buried together in the Fisher family grave in the Church of England, Monumental, Compartment I Section 2 Grave 8 and 8A.  These photographs were taken by me in March 2012.  It is very difficult to read the inscriptions of Ann and Emily due to lichen.

David Fisher family grave at Springvale Botanical Cemetery

Headstone for David Fisher died 1925

Headstone for Louisa Fisher died 1934 

Headston for Annie Fisher died 1914 and Emily Victoria Fisher died 1963