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FISK, William George Leonard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6271 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victory |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Middlesex, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Saint Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Scoutmaster |
| Died: | Rushworth, Victoria, Australia, 1962, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6271, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victory | |
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| 24 Jul 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6271, Discharged at Broadmeadows, Victoria as medically unfit | |
| 11 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6271, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6271, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6271, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 23 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 67th Infantry Battalion (WW1), From the 23 Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion, From the 67th Battalion | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6271, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Shell shock | |
| 4 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6271, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Neurosis following shell shock |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment he was residing at the Soldiers Lounge, St Kilda, Victoria
Son of William Samuel Joseph Fisk and Amy Fisk nee Butlin of High Holborn, London, England
During 1918c William married Helen Maud Wallace Cowan in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 10 March 1918 aboard Durham Castle. Transferred to HT Orontes on 19 April 1918 at Cape Town, South Africa. Disembarked at Melbourne on 10 May 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal