Ernest Richard FOX

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Service Number:	4489
Enlisted:	25 August 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woolsthorpe, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Woolsthorpe, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Kew, Victoria, Australia, 6 April 1972, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

25 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4489, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
18 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 4489, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
18 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 4489, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne
20 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion, From the 14th Battalion
31 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, From the 13th Battalion
3 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Infantry Battalion, In France
18 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4489, 14th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Son of Richard Fox and Agnes Margaret Fox nee Mitcham of Woolsthorpe, Victoria. Brother of William Fox of Koroit, Victoria

During 1921 Ernest married Alice Mary Cooke in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 1 April 1919 aboard HMAT Shropshire disembarking on the 16 May 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal