Harold Leslie FISK

Badge Number: S55915, Sub Branch: Burnside
S55915

FISK, Harold Leslie

Service Number: 3547
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
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World War 1 Service

30 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3547, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
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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Biography 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

 

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Biography contributed by Ann Fisk

in 1919-20 spent 9 months surveying the Nullabor Plain. Surveyor General of South Australia 1951-1959