Sydney James FOX

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Service Number:	2165
Enlisted:	8 September 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	8th Field Company Engineers
Born:	Bondi, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Longueville, Lane Cove, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, 1968, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Lane Cove Great War Roll of Honour

8 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2165, 1st Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 2165, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 2165, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
22 Jan 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Division Engineers, From 1st Field Company Engineers
19 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 2165, Wound to the chin
11 Nov 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 8th Field Company Engineers
15 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2165, 8th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit

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Alfred Paine Fox and Eliza Fox of 'Nirvana', Mary Street, Longueville, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 9 February 1919 aboard HT Ascanius disembarking on the 26 March 1919

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1932c Sydney married Elsie M. Smirnoff in Sydney