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FOX, Alfred William
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 6816 , 6816 |
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Enlisted: | 27 May 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Kensington, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
Home Town: | Parkville, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Cork Cutter |
Died: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 4 March 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Altona Memorial Park, Victoria Cremated remains interred on 6 March 1970 in the Court of Memories, Wall LA, Row G, Niche 18 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
27 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6816 , 23rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6816, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6816, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
25 Nov 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, In the field. From the 23rd Battalion | |
23 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6816 , 21st Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
3 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6816 , 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to sciatica |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Alfred Samuel Fox and Annie Edith Fox nee Wright of Kensington, Victoria
Husband of Augusta Christian Fox of 30 Church Street, Parkville, Victoria. Alfred and Augusta married on 17 March 1917
Commenced return to Australia on 10 December 1918 aboard HT Somali disembarking on the 8 February 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal