Vivian Stephen Russell FOXTON

FOXTON, Vivian Stephen Russell

    Service Number: 7245
    Enlisted: 23 January 1917, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wheeo, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
    Home Town: Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 16 March 1965, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Crookwell War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Jan 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7245, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
    10 Feb 1917: Involvement Private, 7245, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    10 Feb 1917: Embarked Private, 7245, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
    25 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 1st Battalion
    1 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 62nd Battalion
    27 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7245, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Robert John Lewis Foxton and Harreitt Ann Foxton of Crookwell, NSW. Brother of Leonard Vincet Foxton who returned to Australia wounded on 12 May 1918 having served with the 35th Battalion

    Returned to Australia on the 4 July 1919 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on the 20 August 1919

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1920c Vivian married Zillah B.M. Collins at Crookwell, NSW

     

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