Charles Ernest FOX

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Service Number:	1055
Enlisted:	10 March 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	1st Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia, 1873
Home Town:	Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Port Fairy State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Horse Shipper
Died:	24 July 1966, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Altona Memorial Park, Victoria
Memorials:

10 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1055, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
28 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1055, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacEwen embarkation_ship_number: A65 public_note: ''
28 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1055, 1st Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacEwen, Sydney
25 Oct 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1055, 1st Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to Reumatism and overage

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His Attestation paper gives his pace of birth as Ballarat, Victoria.

Son of Alfred Fox and Emma Jane Fox nee Beasley of Port Fairy, Victoria

Husband of Clara Fox of 32 Fitzgerald Street, Waverley, NSW. During 1909 Charles and Clara married in Ashfield, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 5 July 1916 aboard HT Karoola

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