Walter Henry FOX

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Service Number:	4710
Enlisted:	8 February 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Okiltabie Station, Elleston, South Australia, 21 November 1891
Home Town:	Fowlers Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Woodville, South Australia, 5 April 1965, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremated on the 7 April 1965. Ashes interred on the 9 November 1966 but were later removed and the internment right was surrendered. Plaque only
Memorials:	Coorabie and District WW1 Roll of Honor

8 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4710, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide, SA
11 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 4710, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 4710, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide
5 Nov 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4710, 27th Infantry Battalion, Wound to the right shoulder and invalided to England on 8 November 1916 aboard HS Western Australia
29 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4710, 27th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gas Shell
16 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4710, 27th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District

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Son of Charles Walter Fox and Helen Fox nee Baird of Fowlers Bay, SA

Commenced return to Australia on 15 May 1919 aboard HT Yperinga disembarking on the 2 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

On 11 October 1922 Walter married Jessie Vera Kate Murray in the Port Lincoln Methodist Church, SA

Address at the time of death was Coorabie, SA