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Service Numbers:	5815, 5815
Enlisted:	16 January 1916, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Indent Agent
Died:	Balmain, New South Wales, Australia, 1931, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

16 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5815, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 5815, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 5815, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5815, 17th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right leg
28 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5815, 17th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Son of Walter H. Fox and Alice Fox of Sydney, NSW

Next of kin given as his brother John Roy Fox of 'Wandene', Victoria Street, Ashfield, NSW. Also brother of Elsie M. Fox

Commenced return to Austalia on 4 June 1919 aboard HT Mahia disembarking on the 20 July 1919

On several occasions he held temporary ranks of Corporal and Sergeant but on each occasion reverted to Private

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal