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Gordon FISK

Regimental number4413
Place of birthWilliamstown, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation hand
Address139 West Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs C A Fisk, 15 Spencer Street, Mosman North Shore, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 9 April 1916
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBorn Williamstown, Victoria. Left for South Africa at 8 months - returned Australia at 16 years. (Charlotte Anne Fisk, mother)
FateKilled in Action 12 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Place of burialBoves West Communal Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 1), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
82
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Charlotte Ann FISK, 42 Dalton Road, Mosman, New South Wales. Native of Williamstown, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: Newton Fisk, killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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