David Fish

1888 - 1946  (58 years)

• Name	David Fish
  Birth	12 May 1888	Darwen, Lancashire, England   [1]
  	David states on his Army enlistment he was born 12 May 1887. I found no birth record for David for 1887, only 1888
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	7 Oct 1911	from Liverpool, England via "SS Morayshire" to Wellington, New Zealand   [2]
  	Arrived in Wellington 18 Dec 1911 after 91 days and stopping at Sydney and Auckland before coming to Wellington. Ticket No 115, David FISH, Labourer, Single Male, to Wellington. 3rd Class
  Military Beginning	28 Mar 1917	NZEF WW1, New Zealand   [3]
  	FISH David CategoryNominal Roll Vol. 3 Regimental Number50377 RankPrivate Next of Kin TitleJ Next of Kin SurnameFISH Next of Kin RelationshipFather Next of Kin Address1 Reservoir Street Darwen Lancashire England Roll69 Page12 OccupationDriver Been Resident in NZ - 5 years. Usual Res: C/- J Fisher, Glenbervie Rd, Wellington NZ Discharged at the end of the War 21 July 1919. Recieved British War Medal and Victory Medal (copy of File held)
  Immigration	Abt 1925	from Wellington, New Zealand to Victoria, Australia
  	Ann and David left NZ suspect soon after marriage in 1925 as they both appear on the 1928 Electoral Rolls in Victoria Australia.
  Electoral	1928	Prahran, Victoria, Australia   [4]
  	FISH David, 24 Murray St, Labourer FISH Ann, 24 Murray St, Home Duties
  Electoral	1931	231 Gold St, Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  	FISH David, 231 Gold St, Labourer FISH Ann, 231 Gold St, Home Duties For Clifton Hill, Batman FISH David, 305 Wellington St, Labourer FISH Ann, 305 Wellington St, Home Duties For Collingwood Yarra
  Electoral	1936	Brunswick Rd, Mitcham, Victoria, Australia   [6]
  	FISH David, Brunswick Rd, Mitcham, Labourer FISH Ann, Brunswick Rd, Mitcham, Home Duties
  Electoral	1937	Brunswick Rd, Mitcham, Victoria, Australia   [7]
  	FISH David, Brunswick Rd, Mitcham, Labourer FISH Ann, Brunswick Rd, Mitcham, Home Duties
  Electoral	1943	6 Peel Street, Mitcham, Victoria, Australia   [8]
  	FISH David, 6 Peel St, Mitcham, Labourer FISH Ann, 6 Peel St, Mitcham, Home Duties
  Death	13 Aug 1946	6 Peel Street, Mitcham, Victoria, Australia   [9]
  	David Fish Labourer, aged 58 years. Parents: John Fish, Factory Overseer & Ann Fish MS Entwistle Born Darwen Lancaster England In Victoria 20 years. Married to Ann Rosson, Living in Auckland New Zealand when aged 37. Issue: Beulah Ann, aged 16yrs
  Burial	14 Aug 1946	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [10]
  	FISH David Church of England Monumental Compartment K, Section 5, Grave 22 Burried 14/8/1946
  Person ID	I1116	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	John Fish,   b. Abt 1854, Darwen, Lancashire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ann Entwistle,   b. Abt 1854, Darwen, Lancashire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F749	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Rosson,   b. 7 Feb 1889, Richmond, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia d. 17 Apr 1965, East Brunswick, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	17 Jun 1925	Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand   [11]
  Number of Children	1 Child - living
  Children	+ 1. Living
  Family ID	F690	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 17 Jun 1925 - Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S63] England, Civil Registration Online, Record Type: BDM Indexes, 1888 June Qtr, Blackburn Lancashire, 8E 484. [S47] Shipping Records, Subject: Passenger Lists, Findmypast.co.uk - immigration records to NZ - 1911 and 1914 both possible. [S16] NZEF Enlistment Records: NZEF WW1 & 2, NZEF Service Personnel and Reserves Index - File of Army Service held on File from National Archives, Wellington. [S99] Australia, Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: www.ancestry.com.au, 1903 - 1980;), 1928 Fawkner Prahran Victoria - via Ancestry. [S99] Australia, Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: www.ancestry.com.au, 1903 - 1980;), Victoria - 1931 for Batman Clifton Hill and Yarra Collingwood. [S99] Australia, Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: www.ancestry.com.au, 1903 - 1980;), Victoria - 1936 Mitcham, Flinders. [S99] Australia, Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: www.ancestry.com.au, 1903 - 1980;), Victoria - 1937 Mitcham, Deakin. [S99] Australia, Electoral Roll, Subject: Elections, (Name: www.ancestry.com.au, 1903 - 1980;), Victoria - 1943 Mitcham, Deakin. [S23] Australia, Victoria BDM Indexes on CD Rom, 1946 Ref 21355 Mitcham Victoria. [S35] Cemetery Records, Online Database Victoria Cemeteries - Springvale Botanica. [S2] NZ BDM Indexes, Microfiche or Online, (Name: NZSRGO; Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand;), Folio No 3476 1925 NZ Online Database: 1925/2693.