Eustace Edmund FOX

Badge Number: 10954, Sub Branch: Glenelg
10954

FOX, Eustace Edmund

Service Number: 1678
Enlisted: 8 March 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 8 January 1896
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Daw Park, South Australia, 22 March 1970, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Cremated on the 25 March 1970. Officiators were the Funeral Directors F.T. Funerals of SA
Memorials: Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

8 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1678, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 1678, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 1678, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
26 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1678, Wounds to both legs
26 Aug 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1678, 50th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to wounding of the left thigh
Date unknown: Wounded 1678, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Fox and Jessie Fox nee Smith of North Terrace, Adelaide, SA. Brother of Adelaide Marion Stewart Fox, William Richard Fox, Mary Ann Stewart Fox, May Fox, John Henry Robert Fox and Stanley William Fox

Commenced return to Australia on 24 January 1918 aboard HT Dunluse Castle disembarking on the 10 March 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 5 January 1922 Eustace marraied Doris May Reynolds Hogan at the residence of Rev. W. Janzow, Adelaide, SA. At the time of his death he was living in West Adelaide, SA

On 27 February 1934 he enlisted in the Militia.  At the time his occupation was Painter

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