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FOX, James Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5323 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 February 1916, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Gympie, Queensland, Australia, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Blackall, Blackall Tambo, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5323, Mining Corps, Enlisted at Rockhampton, QLD | |
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| 20 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5323, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5323, Mining Corps, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5323, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5323, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Suffolk, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), From Mining Corps | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 5323, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 26 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5323, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 1st Military District as medically unfit due to senility |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Maggie Fox of Gympie, QLD
Commenced return to Australia on 18 January 1919 aboat HT Ulysses disembarking on the 19 March 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal