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FISK, Augustus Massey
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6447 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 October 1916, Enlisted at Warrnambool, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bullarook, Victoria, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Beech Forest, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Shell wound to the right thigh, France, 6 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette Plot I, Row E, Grave 1 Headstone Inscription "IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON", Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Bray-sur-Somme, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beech Forest WWI Honour Roll, Colac Soldier's Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6447, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warrnambool, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6447, 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, 6447, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6447, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Shell wound to the right thigh which was later amputated |
Personal Stories
Help us honour Augustus Massey Fisk's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Charles Brown and Alice FISK, of Beech Forest, Colac, Victoria, Australia.
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Brother of Alfred Ernest Fisk who returned to Australia in 1919 having served with the 47th Battalion and having been interned a Prisoner of War camp in Germany; Arthur Henry Fisk who returned to Australia in 1919 having served with the 58th Battalion
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal