Tasman Fixter
Name Tasman Fixter
Number Private 6745
Battalion 5th Battalion
Place of Birth Port Melbourne
Next of Kin His wife Mrs. Elizabeth Fixter of Rosedale later Lancashire.
Date and place of enlistment Leongatha 14/9/1916
Physical details on enlistment Age 24 years 6 months 5’8 ¾ ”, 129 pounds, brown eyes and fair hair
Religion Presbyterian
Occupation Labourer
Date and place of death
Killed in action 20/9/1917 at Zillebeke near Passchendaele Belgium
Location of grave or memorial
He was buried at Verbick Farm and later moved to Hooge Crater Cemetery Passchendaele Belgium
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
He enlisted in Leongatha
Military History
- He is on the Dumbalk Honour Roll
- 17/8/16 Dr. Wood signed His medical
- 25/10/16 He embarked on HMAT Ulysses
- She was in the 22nd reinforcement of the 5th Battalion
- From 22/2/17 until he went to France on 25/4/17 he was in Fargo Hospital with bronchitis
- 20/9/17 He was killed in action
- Mrs. Elizabeth Fixter must have moved to England as her address in 1921 is
Tabby Nook Newburgh near Wigan Lancashire. She received a pension
A letter says Mrs. T fixter of Boisdale the
- She received 3 copies of a photo of his grave
- He nearest female relative medal was sent to Mrs. Susan Fixter of Rosedale
- In October 1918 Mrs. Fixter writes to army regarding her address, which is Boisdale not Drysdale
- The widow Elizabeth Fixter received 40/- per fortnight
- His mother Susan Fixter of Rosedale received 20/- per fortnight
- Mr. Fixter of Boisdale Gippsland asked for more information on the death of Pte.
Fixter
- His wife received medals, scroll and plaque