Melville Claude FOX

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Service Number:	1640
Enlisted:	18 April 1916, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Murtoa, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Bambra, Surf Coast, Victoria
Schooling:	Murtoa State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 13 October 1917
Cemetery:	Poelcapelle British Cemetery Plot 11, Row F, Grave 30
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bambra Honor Roll For God, King and Country, Bambra Roll of Honor, Deans Marsh District Roll of Honor, Drysdale Methodist Church Honor Roll, Mildura Cenotaph

18 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1640, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria
20 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1640, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''

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Son of Robert Charles Fox and Augusta Fox nee Anders of Bambra, Victoria

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal