Claude Stanley FOX

FOX, Claude Stanley

Service Number: 1550
Enlisted: 29 February 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born: Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 1894
Home Town: Inverell, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Fuelman
Died: Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 14 May 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
East Terrace 3, Wall 1
Memorials: Inverell Little Plain Public School Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

29 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 33rd Infantry Battalion
4 May 1916: Involvement Private, 1550, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916: Embarked Private, 1550, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
15 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, From 33rd Battalion
4 Oct 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery
22 Oct 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, On return from being wounded while with the 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery
18 Apr 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Second occasion. Gassed
12 Jun 1919: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery
25 Sep 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1550, 9th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

At the time of enlistment he was living at Ross Hill, Inverell, NSW

Son of A.W. Fox of Bellingen, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 12 June 1919

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Albert William Fox and Martha Fox of Bellingen, NSW formerly of Inverell, NSW

During 1919 Claude married Ethel Donnelly in Chatswood, NSW

Returned  to Australia aboard Themistocles disembarking on the 11 August 1919 at Sydney, NSW

In 1968 Claude was living at Vaucluse, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal