Leonard Vincent FOXTON

FOXTON, Leonard Vincent

    Service Numbers: 7244, 7244
    Enlisted: 23 January 1917, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 35th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wheeo, New South Wales, Australia, 1896
    Home Town: Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 16 November 1949, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Crookwell Cemetery
    Memorials: Crookwell War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Jan 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7244, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW
    10 Feb 1917: Involvement Private, 7244, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    10 Feb 1917: Embarked Private, 7244, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
    25 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From the 1st Battalion
    1 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From the 62nd Battalion
    2 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7244, 35th Infantry Battalion, Multiple wounds to the body
    5 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7244, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as wounded

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Address at the time of enlistment was 'Jerrara', Wheeo, NSW.

    Son of Robert John Lewis Foxton and Harriett Ann Fox of Crookwell, NSW. Brother of Vivian Stephen Russell Foxton who returned to Australia on 4 July 1919 having served with the 35th Battalion

    During 1925c Leonard married Sarah J. Coggan in Crookwell, NSW

    Returned to Australia on 12 May 1918 aboard HT Rauhine

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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