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FOX, Leslie

Service Number:	13437
Enlisted:	16 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Field Ambulance
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 12 February 1894
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Flinders Street Public School, South Australia; Adelaide High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Storeman
Died:	Myrtle Bank, South Australia, 26 November 1980, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated on the 28 November 1980. Internment number 214129 which expired on 31 July 2005 and was surrendered and the ashes removed. Commemorated with a plaque
Memorials:	Adelaide High School Great War Honour Board, Adelaide St John's Anglican Church Memorial Tablet

World War 1 Service

16 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 13437, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 13437, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 13437, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
11 Aug 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Ambulance, From Army Medical Corps
8 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 13437, 5th Field Ambulance
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 13437, 5th Field Ambulance
3 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 13437, 5th Field Ambulance, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Prior to enlisting in the AIF he served from 20 October 1915 until being discharged on the 15 February 1916 during which he held the rank of Private and service number 86 at Torrens Park, SA

Son of John Fox and Elizabeth Ann Fox nee Lewis of 17 Kate Street, Adelaide

Commenced return to Australia on 22 June 1919 aboard HT Konig Luise as nursing staff disembarking on 13 August 1919

On 21 April 1923 Leslie married Magaret Meta Lithgow in St Augustine's Church, Unley, SA. Father of William Lithgow

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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