Regimental number | 221 |
Place of birth | Williamstown, Victoria |
School | Grammar School, Capetown, South Africa |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Station hand |
Address | Tanja, Stanton Road, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Height | 5' 5.75" |
Weight | 132 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Charlotte Ann Fisk c/o Mrs Blythe, Stanton Road, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Liverpool, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 18th Battalion, A Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/35/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A40 Ceramic on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 4081 |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Field Company Engineers |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Born Williamstown, Victoria. Proceeded to South Africa at 5 years. Returned to Australia at 16 years of age. |
Fate | Died of disease |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Fist name listed as Newton on Nominal Roll |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Age at death | 25 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 12), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 23 |
Family/military connections | Brothers: Gordon Fisk, killed in France and George Fisk, wounded at Gallipoli |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Sydney, 25 June 1915. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 3 September 1915. Wounded in action, Gallipoli, 21 September 1915 (bomb wound); admitted to casualty clearing station, Gallipoli, 21 September 1915; died of wounds, Hospital Ship "Dunluce Castle", 23 September 1915 (depressed compound fracture, skull); buried at sea between Gallipoli and Lemnos, 23 September 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FISK Newton |