FISK, Livingstone Thomas
| Service Number: | 494 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 12 January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Foreman (Metropolitan Fire Brigade) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 494, Depot Battalion (AIF), Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 494, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 494, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt | |
| 12 Feb 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Appointed -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 32nd Infantry Battalion, (Tempy) -- Moascar, Egypt | |
| 17 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 494, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania" | |
| 23 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 494, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 494, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action |
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Lance Corporal Livingstone Thomas FISK
Born and raised in Adelaide, and living at the Brecknock Hotel in King William St, Adelaide, of which his mother appeared to be the Publican. Livingstone Fisk was employed by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade as a Foreman when he enlisted on 5 July 1915.
He embarked with the 32nd Battalion on 18 November 1915, disembarking at Suez, ex-HMAT 'Geelong', exactly one month later on 18 December 1915.
He was promoted to Lance Corporal at Tel el Kebir, 12 February 1916, during which time the AIF was being re-organised for service on the Western Front.
Promoted Temporary Corporal at Moascar, 3 June 1916.
Livingstone Fisk embarked with the rest of the Battalion at Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked at Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.
From there, the five Divisions were moved by rail to northern France, where they were cycled through 'The Nursery', a quiet sector near Armentieres, where they were familiarised with trench warfare. The 1st, 2nd and 4th Divisions were sent to the Somme in early July in preparation for the great offensive there. The 5th Division, of which the 32nd was part, was held back, and in an effort to ensure the German troops opposite them were not sent south, an attack was planned near the enemy-held village of Fromelles.
Livingstone Fisk, along with nearly 2,000 of his comrades, was killed there over the night of 19th and 20th July 1916. He has no known grave.
Compiled by Steve Larkins, October 2021
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