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FOX, James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 6019 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 May 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chainman |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6019, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6019, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6019, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Hobart | |
| 5 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6019, 12th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Nov 1918: | Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: During operations east of Proyart on 23rd/26th August, 1918, Private FOX and Private Carnell showed great courage and utter disregard of personal safety while acting as Stretcher Bearers. All their work was done over Machine Gun swept flats where no cover whatever for at least 800 to 900 yards was available. During the initial advance when their company sustained casualties from Machine Gun fire they tended the wounded in the open and repeatedly carried them over this ground to the R.A.P. London Gazette on 14 May 1919, page 6057, position 48 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 September 1919, page 1369, position 49 | |
| 5 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6019, 12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 6th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Nellie Fox of 31 Adelaide Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Commenced return to Australia on 16 June 1919 aboard HT Ormonde disembarking at Melbourne on 1 August 1919 for onward travel to Launceston
Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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