Cecil Stanley FOX

FOX, Cecil Stanley

Service Number: 2860
Enlisted: 4 January 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 52nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Sandgate, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1892
Home Town: Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Queensland, Australia, 27 December 1972, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Citizens of Sandgate Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

4 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2860, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
27 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2860, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2860, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane
17 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2860, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Wounds to both legs. Right leg later amputated. Invalided to England on 30 October 1917
27 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2860, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 1st Military District as wounded - right leg amputated

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Charles Bennett Fox and Lucy Jane Fox nee Cleghorn of Flinders Parade, Sandgate, QLD

Commenced return to Australia on 30 October 1917 aboard HS Kanowna

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 9 June 1920 Cecil married Ruth Ethel Slaughter in QLD