John Arthur FOX MID

FOX, John Arthur

    Service Number: 2149
    Enlisted: 29 July 1915, Enlisted at Bunbury, WA
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 28th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Benger, Western Australia, 1891
    Home Town: Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Sleeper Cutter
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Bunbury, WA
    1 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 2149, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    1 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 2149, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle
    2 Mar 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2149, 28th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot to the forearm
    6 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 28th Infantry Battalion, In France
    6 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, In the field
    19 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2149, 28th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the foot
    11 Oct 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 28th Infantry Battalion, In France
    11 Jul 1919: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 11 July 1919, page 8831, position 44 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 October 1919, page 1660, position 81
    12 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2149, 28th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 5th Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of George Fox and Annie Margaret Wrout formerly Fox nee Evilthrift of Norfolk Street, Fremantle, WA

    Commenced return to Australia on 19 April 1919 aboard HT Sardinia disembarking on the 25 May 1919

    Medals: Mentioned in Despatches, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Croix-de-Guerre. The Croix-de-Guerre was awarded on the 14 September 1919 

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