Edwin James Lindon FOX

FOX, Edwin James Lindon

    Service Number: 1532
    Enlisted: 24 August 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    Last Rank: Lance Corporal
    Last Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment
    Born: Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1980, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Hobart Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    24 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1532, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
    28 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 1532, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    28 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 1532, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Melbourne
    29 Dec 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
    25 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 1532, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Slight wound to the thigh
    6 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
    1 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1532, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Synovitis of his left knee

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Also known as Edward James Lyndon Fox

    Son of Edward Fox and Ettie (Henrietta) Fox nee Bloomer of North Hobart, Tasmania

    Commenced return to Australia on 12 July 1919 board HT Port Darwin on 17 August 1919

    During 1920 Edwin married Irene Lillian Hunter in Victoria

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

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