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FOX, Victor Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2513 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Heidleberg, Victoria, Australia, 1968, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2513, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2513, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2513, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 20 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2513, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, At Etaples. From the 6th Battalion as re-inforcements | |
| 2 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 6th Infantry Battalion, From the 59th Battalion | |
| 24 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6th Infantry Battalion, In France | |
| 3 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2513, 6th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the chest | |
| 24 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2513, 6th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Archer Bentey Fox and Annie Fox nee Sempkin of 74 Hopkins Street, Footscray, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 20 December 1918 aboard HT Orontes
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1919c Victor married Violet McKenzie in Victoria