George Joseph FOX

FOX, George Joseph

Service Number: 12551
Enlisted: 8 July 1915, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Field Ambulance
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town: Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Boot Salesman
Died: Aortic Stenosis, Congestive Cardiac Failure, West Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 17 July 1989
Cemetery: Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia
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World War 1 Service

8 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12551, 10th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Ballarat, Victoria
27 May 1916: Involvement Private, 12551, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
27 May 1916: Embarked Private, 12551, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
22 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Field Ambulance, From the 10th Machine Gun Company
2 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 12551, 10th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George CHarles Fox and Alice Fox nee Hildebrand of 614 Drummond Street, Ballarat, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 5 April 1919 aboard HT Amagh as nursing staff disembarking on the 18 May 1919

During 1927 George married May Lewis in Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Brendan Fox

My Grandfather has 2 trees in the Avenue of Honor in Ballarat Victoria 

Tree numbers are 1401- 10th Australian Machine Gun

                          1401- 10th Field Amb.

 

So very Proud of him