Justin Bede FOX

FOX, Justin Bede

    Service Number: 5967
    Enlisted: 1 September 1915, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
    Last Rank: Gunner
    Last Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
    Born: Christchurch, New Zealand, 1886
    Home Town: Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
    Schooling: Christian Brothers College, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, 15 November 1917
    Cemetery: The Huts Cemetery, ​Dickebusch, Belgium
    Plot X1V, Row C, Grave 20. Headstone inscription reads: Requiescat in Peace, The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Fremantle Cemetery, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    1 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 5967, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
    9 Nov 1915: Involvement Gunner, 5967, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
    9 Nov 1915: Embarked Gunner, 5967, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
    1 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
    15 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
    13 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, From 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
    6 Nov 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , From Heavy Trench Mortar

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Arrived in Australia aged 5 months

    Son of Charles Aloysius Fox and Clara Novello Fox of 'Avouri', Laura Street, Caulfield, Victoria formerly of 6 Cowper Street, Brighton, Victoria and of Christchurch, NZ.

    Brother of Anthony Hubert Fox who returned to Australia on 6 May 1919 having served with the 6th Heavy Artillery Brigade

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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