Frederick Christopher Spurgeon FOX

FOX, Frederick Christopher Spurgeon

    Service Number: 256
    Enlisted: 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    Last Rank: Trooper
    Last Unit: 25th Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
    Home Town: Red Range, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 1937, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
    Interred on the 20 July 1937. Catholic Section area M2, Row 14, Grave 2556
    Memorials: Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Red Range Honour Roll, Red Range Public School Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 256, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
    21 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 256, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney
    21 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 256, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: ''
    27 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Artillery Brigade
    1 Jun 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, At Moascar
    9 Jul 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Field Artillery Brigade, From the 15th Field Artillery Brigade
    24 Jan 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 25th Field Artillery Brigde
    3 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 256, 25th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Frederick J. Fox and Elizabeth Rumings formerly  Fox of Red Range, NSW

    Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1918 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 2 December 1918

    During 1922c Frederick married Ella Beatrice Cooper in Glen Innes, NSW. Father of Neville L. Fox

    When applying for the Gallipoli Medallion his wife wrote that did not use his middle name of Christpoher when he served

    Medals: !914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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