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FOX, Robert William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5367 |
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Enlisted: | 28 September 1915, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 5 April 1897 |
Home Town: | Toogoolawah, Somerset, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Draper's Assistant |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 23 August 1977, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, QLD |
Memorials: | Esk War Memorial, Toogoolawah War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD | |
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20 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5367, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
20 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5367, 9th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
6 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 9th Infantry Battalion, Severe wounds to both legs and arm. Invalided to England on the 27 May 1917 aboard HS St Patrick | |
22 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5367, 9th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Fox and Annie Eliza Fox nee Bryers of Toogoolawah, QLD
Commenced return home on 20 December 1917 disembarking on 13 February 1918 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medal: British War Medal, Victory Medal