Enoch FOX

FOX, Enoch

Service Number: 2429
Enlisted: 22 November 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 52nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Mexboro, England, 1877
Home Town: Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Miner
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World War 1 Service

22 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2429, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
19 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 2429, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 2429, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane
18 Mar 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2429, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to Shell Shock

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment he was employed by G. Davis a Mt Morgan Mining Contractor, QLD

Next of kin given as his brother George Fox of Lower Green, Newcastle, England; later changed to his mother Martha Quigley of 23 Kings Croft, Haitshill,  Stoke-on-Trent, England

Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1917 aboard HT Runic

In December 1920 he was residing at 90 Cathedral Street, Sydney, NSW when he applied for a position on the Sydney Wharves as a Coal Lumper

Previously served in the English Artillery for about 12 years

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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