Walter Wells FOX

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Service Number:	6645
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Billesdon, Newton Harcourt, Leicestershire, England, 1894
Home Town:	Gunbower, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Elementry School, England
Occupation:	Farm Larbourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood Plot X1, Row B, Grave 2. Headstone inscription reads: After the storm-calm, Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

2 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6645, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
2 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6645, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
6 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 29th Infantry Battalion, From 14th Battalion
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement Private, 6645, 29th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6645 awm_unit: 29th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26

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Arrived in Australia aged 19 years. At the time of enlistment he was residing in Gunbower, Victoria

Son of George Wells Fox and Maria Fox of Kilby Road, Fleckney, Leicestershire, England

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal