FISKEN, Thomas
Service Numbers: | 359, 36850 |
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Enlisted: | 13 September 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Gunner |
Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column |
Born: | Deptford, England, 1870 |
Home Town: | Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Groom |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 359, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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12 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 359, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
12 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 359, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
14 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 359, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), Discharged at the 3rd Military District | |
5 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 36850, Field Artillery Brigades, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
9 Nov 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 36850, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: Previously served as 359, 1st Remount Unit | |
9 Nov 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 36850, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne | |
16 Aug 1918: | Transferred Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, From Field Artillery Brigades | |
23 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 36850, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of T. Fisken of Glasgow, Scotland
Husband of Nellie Fisken of 12 Neptune Street, St Kilda, Victoria later of 6 Earl Street, Windsor, Victoria
Returned to Australia, First occasion, aboard HT Seang Bee on 22 April 1916
Commenceed return to Australia, second occasion, on 10 April 1919 aboard HMT Medic disembarking on the 31 May 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal