William FOX

FOX, William

Service Number: 18652
Enlisted: 23 March 1917, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 7th Field Company Engineers
Born: Sheffield, England, 1886
Home Town: Crows Nest, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 10 October 1952, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

23 Mar 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 18652, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
8 Aug 1917: Involvement Sapper, 18652, Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1917: Embarked Sapper, 18652, Field Company Engineers, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
7 Feb 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 7th Field Company Engineers, From Field company Engineers re-inforcements
23 May 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 18652, 7th Field Company Engineers, Gassed
10 Dec 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 18652, 7th Field Company Engineers, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Sarah Ethel Fox of 'Batheaston', Dickson Avenue, Crows Nest, NSW

Commemced return to Australia on 9 March 1919 aboard HT Kashmir disembarking on the 23 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney, NSW

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Address at the time of his death was 458 Bourke Street, Surry Hills, NSW