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Service Number:	473
Enlisted:	24 August 1914, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Workley, Leeds, England, 1880
Home Town:	Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:

24 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 473, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kensington, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 473, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 473, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
9 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 473, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wounds to the face
2 Nov 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 473, 4th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in England as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was Commercial Hotel, Parramatta, NSW

Next of kin originally given as his sister Alice Morley nee Fox of Winchester Place, Leeds, England

Husband of Jane Fox of 24 Coves Cottages, Portland, England

Previously served with the Royal Scotch Fuseliers for about eight years

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal