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FISK, James Watkins
| Service Numbers: | 3547, 797 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Goodwood, South Australia, 16 June 1896 |
| Home Town: | St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, July 1963, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales A J Hare Lawn area, Row 22, Grave 0023. Interred on the 27 July 1963. Commemorated with a plaque in the NSW Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Treasurer and Chief Secretary Roll of Honour, St. Peters East Adelaide Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3547, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 797, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 797, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 8 Jun 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion, From the 27th Battalion | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 797, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 2 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3547, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Sydney, NSW |
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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 while 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, Harold Leslie Fisk who returned to Australia on 4 July 1919 having served with the 5th Pioneer Battalion, Gertrude Talbot Fisk and Olive Millicent Fisk
During 1923 James married Gwendoline M. Jeanes in Sydney, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboard SS Ulysses disembarking on the 9 March 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal