LISSON, Victor Tasman
| Service Number: | 2248 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geeveston, Tasmania, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Mounted Police constable |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2248, 26th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 27 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2248, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2248, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2248, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Killed in action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of William and Margaret LISSON
Husband of May Ruth LISSON
Biography contributed by Robert Wight
Mrs. W. Lisson wife of Constable Lisson police station, Dover has received the following letter dated France March 20: -
"Dear Madam, A letter is to hand from my sister inquiring about your son Victor Lisson. It is with regret that I am to let you know that your son is dead. He was my best mate and was wounded on the night of July 28. 1916, and died before we could get him to our lines having been wounded with five machine-gun bullets, the fatal one being in his side. We charged for a certain position that night but did not reach our objective, and had to retire with our wounded; it was then that we discovered Vic. was dead. He was in the same platoon as me and almost side by side. I wrote to you a fortnight later, and, by all accounts, the letter did not reach you. As Vic, my brother and I were sworn mates, I felt Vic's death as if it had been my own brother. It was the first time we had been in a charge together, and he was as brave a man as ever held a rifle. He cared for nothing, and it's a mate like him you miss. We had done a lot of work in the trenches together for months past and had many a good time together as well as the rough ones. He was a lance corporal and was only waiting a vacancy for promotion. The boys in the company thought the world of him and he got on well with everyone. I received a letter from the Red Cross concerning him and I made a statement straight away and forwarded it to them. I got a slight wound myself in November 1916, and have been away since but I start back for my battalion tomorrow. We have been in France twelve months and had some very hard fighting but I trust we shall shortly be repaid for it. This is a terrible war and we boys all know how our dear ones at home are thinking and worrying over us, but no man could have died a nobler death than your son Vic. and with deepest sympathy to my old comrade's people, I remain, your sincere friend, Sergeant G. R. Eppingstall, 26th Battalion."
The Mercury 26th June 1917
Source: tasmanianwarcasualties.com
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