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FOX, William
Personal Details
Service Number: | 18652 |
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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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Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 18652, Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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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 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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