Thomas John FOX

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Service Number:	6735
Enlisted:	7 August 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	New Town, Tasmania, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Queenstown, West Coast, Tasmania
Schooling:	St Luke's Boys Grammar School, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Blacksmith
Died:	Wounds, 2nd AFA Main Dressing Station, Marquaix, France, 20 September 1918
Cemetery:	Tincourt New British Cemetery Plot V, Row E, Grave 4, Tincourt New British Cemetery, Tincourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

7 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6735, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 6735, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: ''
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 6735, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne
14 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6735, 12th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the right leg
19 Sep 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6735, 12th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Shell wound to the thigh and eye

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Son of Thomas Fox and Bridget Fox of 3 Lords Road, New Town, Tasmania, formerly of 286 Macquarie Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal