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FISK, Harold Leslie
| Service Number: | 3547 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Goodwood, South Australia, 25 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | East Adelaide School; Adelaide High School; Adelaide School of Mines, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Surveyor. |
| Died: | Rose Park, South Australia, 6 September 1967, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia Anglican area, Row U, Grave 50. Internment number 3558 which expires in 2047 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Crown Lands Department WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 30 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3547, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA | |
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| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3547, 8th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 3547, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3547, 8th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 3547, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| 13 Feb 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Pioneer Battalion, In France | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3547, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 25 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3547, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John William Fisk and Eva Jane Fisk nee Bates of 49 Third Avenue, St Peters, SA.
Brother of Eva Fisk, Fred Thurlow Fisk who was killed in action whiel serving with the 13th Battalion on 26 September 1917 and is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery. Plot 1, Row E, Grave 5, Tom Austin Fisk, James Watkin Fisk who returned to Australia on 18 January 1919 having served with the 27th Battalion, Gertrude Talbot Fisk and Olive Millicent Fisk
On 24 May 1921 Harold married Marjory Northmore Ranford in St Theodores Church, Rose Park, SA. Father of Graham Fisk and Marie Fisk
Previously served with the Senior Cadets and the Citizen Military Forces
Returned to Australia on 15 August 1919 aboard SS Norman
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Ann Fisk
in 1919-20 spent 9 months surveying the Nullabor Plain. Surveyor General of South Australia 1951-1959
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