Newton FISK

FISK, Newton

    Service Numbers: 221, 4081
    Enlisted: 3 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Sapper
    Last Unit: 4th Field Company Engineers
    Born: Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales
    Schooling: Grammar School, Cape Town, South Africa
    Occupation: Station Hand
    Died: Bomb wounds to the skull, At sea (HS Dunluce Castle), 23 September 1915
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Buried at sea Panel 12, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Moree & District Fallen Soldiers Honour Roll, Moree ANZAC Centenary Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 221, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 221, 18th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: First name incorrectly spelled 'Newtown' on original record.
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 221, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
    12 Aug 1915: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Field Company Engineers, Transferred from the 18th Battalion to the 4th Field Company Engineers with a new service number 4081
    21 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 4081, 4th Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound to the head fracturing his skull; invalided to Dunluce Castle where he died at sea
    23 Sep 1915: Involvement Sapper, 4081, 4th Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4081 awm_unit: 4th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1915-09-23

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    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    Lived in South Africa for about 5 years before returning to Australia aged 16 years

    Son of William and Charlotte Ann Fisk of Stanton Road, Mosman, NSW. Brother of Gordon Fisk who was killed in action on 12 April 1918 while serving with the 17th Battalion and George Fisk who returned to Australia on 17 August 1915 after being wounded at Gallipoli while serving with the 2nd Light Horse Regiment

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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