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Cenotaph record

James Robert Fisk

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Portrait, James Fisk in uniform, cap. Thorpe Studio Pukekohe - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, James Fisk in uniform, cap. Thorpe Studio Pukekohe - This image may be subject to copyrigh …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Fisk AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jim AWMM
  • Service number
    64389 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 July 1902 AWMM Grey Lynn, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 26 March 1941 AWMM 62 Edinburgh Street, Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Doris Eileen Fisk (wife), 62 Edinburgh Street, Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 20 May 1941 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 26 March 1941 AWMM
    Age 38 AWMM
    Electric Lines Foreman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Cardiac arrest AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW2 16 April 1943 AWMM
    Needed for Franklin Electric Power Board work AWMM
    Corporal/Military AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Discharge date actually 16 April 1947, last day of service 24 June 1943

    James Fisk's daughter writes " wonderful caring parents"

    Additional biographical information on Cenotaph Data Entry form AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 March 1977 AWMM
    Age 74 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pukekohe Cemetery, Wellington Street, Pukekohe, New Zealand AWMM Returned Services Section Plot 177 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 March 1977 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 March 1977 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 116 AWMM

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28 May 2016Christine E. New ZealandChild
24 June 2015Christine E Pukekohe, New ZealandChild

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