William James FOX

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Service Number:	3209
Enlisted:	7 March 1917, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	15th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1882
Home Town:	Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Camel Driver
Died:	Coolgardie East, Western Australia, 1935, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

7 Mar 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3209, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA
15 Mar 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 15th Light Horse Regiment
16 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, Camel Corps, From 15th Light Horse Regiment
22 May 1917:	Embarked Private, 3209, Camel Corps, HMAT Port Sydney, Fremantle
22 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 3209, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 15th Light Horse Regiment, From the Camel Corps
29 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3209, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 5th Military District. The rank of Driver was a temporary rank

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Son of William Henry Fox and Agnes Fox nee Finlay of Ararat, Victoria

Next of kin given as his sister Letitia Russell of West Brunswick, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Dongola disembarking on the 25 August 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1922 William married Emma J. Bell in the Coolgardie area W.A.