FOX, Lawson Charles
| Service Number: | 3524 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Nailmaker |
| Died: | Fitzroy North, Victoria, Australia, 1966, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3524, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 5 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3524, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3524, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 28 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, From 22nd Battalion | |
| 15 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, From the 57th Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3524, 60th Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds to the leg. Invalided to England on 22 July 1916 aboard HS Jan Breydel from Boulonge | |
| 25 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From the 60th Battalion | |
| 29 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3524, 59th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Wound to the centre of the back. Invalided to England on 14 October 1918 | |
| 1 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3524, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Lawson Fox and Levinia Susannah nee Stacey of North Carlton, Victoria
Next of kin given as his foster mother Ellen Jones of 34 Park Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Prior to enlisting he was employed by S. Cooke of Queen Street, Melbourne
Commenced return to Australia on 2 January 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on the 15 February 1919
On 21 March 1919 Lawson applied for free passage to Australia for his wife Margaret Jane Fox nee Gray of 9 Chancery Row, North Shield, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Lawson and Margaret were married on the 26 July 1918 in St John's Church, Percy, Northumberland, England. Vicar D. Bryson
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal