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FOX, John Montgomery
| Service Number: | 7487 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 July 1917, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 17 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | 12 July 1948, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 19, Site No: 6 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Roll (New) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7487, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 7487, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 7487, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 3 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7487, 10th Infantry Battalion, Merris (France), GSW chest and back |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College
John Montgomery Fox was born on the 17th of January 1891, and prior to enlisting worked as a driver. John met his wife Amy Fox before he joined the army. They did not have any children and Amy Fox was his next of kin when he joined the army.
John Montgomery Fox enlisted to be a soldier on the 9th of July 1917 in Adelaide. He was 26 at the time of enlisting. John trained in Melbourne for a few months and then got onto a ship that went to Devonport in England where he finished his training. His role in the army was a private in the 10th infantry battalion, which he joined for the first time on 10th April 1918.
On 3rd June 1918 John was wounded in action at Merris. He was wounded in the chest and back. He was initially treated at Boulogne but was then transported to a hospital back in England on the 2nd of July. While he was in the hospital, he went Absent without leave which forfeited him a day of pay. He did recover from the wound enough to be sent to fight again. Instead, John embarked for Australia on the 7th of August 1918 and disembarked on the 11th of October 1918. After the war John went to go live with his wife and died of natural causes in 1948. His grave is located at West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide SA.
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