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Service Number:	5494
Enlisted:	14 February 1916, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Harden, New South Wales, Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Sydney Technical High School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farm Labourer
Died:	Killed In Action aged 16 years and 7 months, France, 4 May 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Technical High School WW1 Roll Of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

14 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5494, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Casula, NSW
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
18 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Division Cyclist Company, From 13th Battalion
1 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion
4 May 1917:	Involvement Private, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5494 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-04

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On enlisting he gave his age age as 18 years when in fact he was a couple of years younger

Son of Thomas Fox and Martha Fox of 2 Golden Grove Street, Redfern, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal