
Death of a Horse Breaker, Alfred Hermann Fischer (c.1896-1917)
It is the early hours of Saturday 1st December 1917, the overnight passenger train from the Central West township of Orange is steaming through the night on its way to Sydney. On board two men sit silently in a locked third class compartment. One man wearing civilian clothing lies back on the hard seat trying to sleep amid the constant rocking and the clattering wheels on the rails. On his wrists he wears a pair of steel handcuffs. The other man, his guard and escort, wears a khaki military uniform with a corporal’s single chevron, and also dozes fitfully. The … Continue reading Death of a Horse Breaker, Alfred Hermann Fischer (c.1896-1917)