Arthur FISH

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Service Number:	3660
Enlisted:	13 November 1917, Enlisted at Port Fairy, Victoria
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Port Fairy, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Meningitis, Maudsley Neurology Clearing Hospital, Denmark Hil, United Kingdom, 31 March 1919
Cemetery:	Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot 1V, Row J, Grave 5 Chaplin Rev. W. Lloyd-Shannon officiated. Undertakers were Vigars & Son of Eccleston, London, England and the coffin was made of good elm Headstone inscription reads: Beloved eldest son R & E.M. Fish 'Durban' Port Fairy duty nobly done
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Fairy School Roll of Honor, Port Fairy War Memorial, Yambuk District Honor Roll

13 Nov 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3660, 57th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Port Fairy, Victoria
28 Feb 1918:	Involvement Private, 3660, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
28 Feb 1918:	Embarked Private, 3660, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
14 Aug 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 57th Infantry Battalion, At Codford, England. Later reverted to Private

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Son of Richard Fish and Elizabeth Mitchell Fish nee Wylie of 'Denban', Port Fairy, Victoria formerly of Cloac, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal