The Fishers moved to London in 1915 when Andrew became Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
John was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and returned to Melbourne in 1930 as a cadet for Keith Murdoch's Herald.
[1] On 6 June 1942 Fisher left for Vladivostok to become the ABC's war correspondent in Moscow, broadcasting until 1943.
He applied for a United Nations position in the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation but was blocked by unfavourable government reports.
He died of coronary vascular disease in 1960 at Plympton in Adelaide and was buried in the cemetery in Centennial Park.