FOXFORD, John Harold
| Service Number: | 75 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 14 October 1890 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 1942, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Anglican_3; Section 161; Plot 20 |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 75, 35th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 75, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 75, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion, In England. From 35th Battalion | |
| 18 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 75, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Dec 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 1 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 53rd Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 4 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 75, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
At the time of enlistment John's address was 62 Lawson Street, Hamilton, NSW
Son of John Harold Foxford and Catherine Foxford of 11 Lawson Street, Hamilton, NSW
Brother of William Foxford who was killed in action on 12 October 1917 while serving with the 35th Battalion and is buried in the Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Belgium. Plot V, Row B, Grave 9; also brother of Albert Foxford, Edmund A. Foxford and Agnes Foxford
Commenced return to Australia on 2 June 1919 aboard HT Beltana disembarking on the 19 July 1919
During 1926 John married Caroline Johncke in Hamilton, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
81 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 2nd June 1942, Lance Sergeant John Harold Foxford, referred to as Jack, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-75A), labourer from 62 Lawson Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and 143 Cleary Street, Hamilton, N.S.W., father of three (Joan, Esma, John), was laid to rest with a military funeral at Sandgate Cemetery, age 51. ANGLICAN 3-161. 20.
Born at Wallsend, New South Wales on the 14th October 1890 to John Harold and Catherine Foxford of 11 Lawson Street, Hamilton, N.S.W.; husband of Caroline (Carrie) Foxford nee Johncke (married 1926, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 8.2.1960, age 54, sleeping here), Jack enlisted on the 9th January 1916 with the 35th Battalion, (Reg No-75), at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Admitted to hospital 13.12.1916 (rheumatism), 17.12.1916 (myalgia).
Wounded in action - 18.5.1917 (SW left thigh - note, Second Battle of Bullecourt had finished on the 17th May 1917).
Granted leave to England from the 10.10.1917 to the 26.10.1917.
Jack returned home on the 19th July 1919, being discharged on the 4th September 1919.
Mr. Foxford’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor.
I have placed poppies at Jack’s gravesite, which is in urgent need of restoration, in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Younger brother William (born 29.7.1892, Wallsend, New South Wales, signalman from Lawson Street, Hamilton, New South Wales and 38 Phoebe Street, Islington, N.S.W., enlisted 24.2.1916, 35th Battalion, Reg No-78, married 20.3.1916, KIA 12.10.1917, age 25, 1st Battle of Passchendaele, resting at Buttes New British Cemetery, Belgium. Plot V Row B Grave 9, father of one (Joyce Valerie Foxford, born 10.9.1916) awaiting memorialisation at the cemetery. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) F NE. 52.
See "An Anzac from Hamilton" by Doug Saxon (2015).
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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