Francis Henry FOX

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FOX, Francis Henry

Service Numbers:	977 , 977
Enlisted:	29 April 1915, Enlisted at Nornalup, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Busselton, Western Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 4 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

29 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 977 , 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Nornalup, WA
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 977, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 977, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Francis Henry Fox and Ellen Fox nee Riley of Barrabup, WA.

Brother of Agnes Anastasia Fox, Bridget May Fox, Ellen Mary Fox, Lucy Elizabeth Fox, Margaret Fox, Mary Theresa Fox, Phillip Edmund Fox who returned to Australia on 26 July 1919 having served with the 10th Light Horse Regiment and Thomas Francis Fox

Medals: 1914-15 Star British War Medal, Victory Medal

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