William Stephen George FOX

FOX, William Stephen George

    Service Numbers: 5583 , 5583
    Enlisted: 24 March 1916, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
    Home Town: Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Queensland, Australia, 26 September 1961, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
    Memorials: Rous Mill Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5583 , 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lismore, NSW
    7 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 5583, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
    7 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 5583, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane
    26 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5583 , 26th Infantry Battalion, Severe head wound fracturing the skull. Invalided to England aboard HS St George on 10 April 1917 from Rouen
    27 Oct 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5583 , 26th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the !st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frank Edward Fox and Emily Sleight Fox nee Bayliss of West Maitland, NSW

    Husband of Jessie Fox nee Collard of 'Rousmill', Lismore, NSW. William and Jessie married at Ballina, NSW during 1916

    Returned to Australia on 24 September 1917 at Melbourne for overland travel to Brisbane, QLD

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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