Richard Francis FOX MM

FOX, Richard Francis

    Service Number: 2906
    Enlisted: 1 February 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Wisbech, England, 1894
    Home Town: Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Builders Labourer
    Died: Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1966, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2906, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
    4 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 2906, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    4 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 2906, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
    20 Nov 1917: Honoured Military Medal, Citation reads: Near Molenaarelsthoek on 11 October 1917, the 8th Australian Machine Gun Company asked for a stretcher party to bring in a wounded man of the 10th Battalion who had been lying on the battlefield for 2 days. Private Fox and his partner at once set out and, in spite of heavy enemy artillery and machine gun fire, searched for this man. Failing in their efforts they returned to Battalion Headquartere night of the raid he assisted in laying out the tapes and assembling the party into No Mans Land, 70 yards from the enemy trench and his work generally had much to do with the success of the raid. After the raiders had returned he went out with parties under heavy shell and machine gun fire and brought in two wounded men. This conduct was of the highest order and worthy of special recognition. This N.C.O. has an excellent record in the Battalion having on more than one occasion distinguished himself on patrol work and obtained much valuable information. London Gazette on 28 January 1918, page 1403, position 18 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 June 1918, page 1390, position 46
    28 Aug 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2906, 29th Infantry Battalion, Severe wound to the right hand later amputated. Invalided to England on 6 September 1918
    15 Oct 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2906, 29th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Richard George fox and Celia Fox of England

    Husband of Annie Selina Fox nee Wilkes of 5 Roslyn Street, Middle Brighton, Victoria. Richard and Annie married in Victoria during 1914c

    Returned to Australia on 29 January 1919 aboard HT Karoola

    Prior to enlisting he was a member of the Brighton Rifle Club, Victoria

    Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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