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FOX, Robert Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5595 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 19 September 1880 |
| Home Town: | Hampaton, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 30 June 1946, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lithgow General Cemetery, Bowenfels, New South Wales Anglican Section 1, Row 15B |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5595, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5595, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5595, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From the 18th Battalion | |
| 10 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 62nd Battalion | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5595, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the face and legs | |
| 12 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5595, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Born Adelaide South Australia,1880 as Thomas George Kippist
Enlisted under the alias of Robert Henry Fox
Son of James George Kippist and Mary Jane Kippist nee Balfort of Adelaide, SA. Brother of Lawrence Balford Kippist, Ethel Lavinia Kippist and Albert Edward Kippist
Next of kin given as his sister Olive Gertrude Whitehead nee Kippist of Orlando Street, Hampton, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 20 October 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1925 he married Edith A. Jukes at Parkes, NSW
In August 1927 he was living Laidley Street, Lithgow, NSW