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Service Number:	727
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Enlisted at Daylesford, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Invercargill, New Zealand, 1892
Home Town:	Daylesford, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Memorials:

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 727, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Daylesford, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 727, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 727, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
8 Apr 1915:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 727, 7th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Address at the time of enlistment was Howe Street, Daylesford, Victoria

He was an apprentice Tinsmith with C.H. Poole of Invercargill, NZ

Son of E.J. Fox of Princess Street, Invergarill, NZ

Commenced return to Australia on 3 February 1915 aboard HT Kyarra disembarking on the 11 March 1915

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