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FOX, Charles Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5699 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 April 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Jhelum, Punjab, India , December 1881 |
| Home Town: | Sheffield, Kentish, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | Tuberculosis - war related, Bedford Park Sanatorium, South Australia, 23 September 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Catholic Western Ground, Row Q, Grave 47. Internment number WP35583 which expired on the 31 December 1999, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Municipality of Kentish Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5699, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 8 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5699, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 8 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5699, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Hobart | |
| 23 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 40th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 12th Battalion | |
| 3 May 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5699, 40th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to Tuberculois | |
| 23 Sep 1919: | Involvement Private, 5699, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5699 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-09-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his brother Michael Hugh Fox of the Port Commissioner's Office, Calcutta, India
Returned to Australia on 28 August 1917 aboard HT Karoola
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Prior to enlisting in the A.I.F. he had served 18 years with the Indian Volunteers
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