FOX, Harold Edward
| Service Number: | 10251 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, 20 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith or farrier |
| Died: | Suicide, Muscle Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 2 August 1927, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-128. 13. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 10251, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW | |
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| 17 Dec 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 10251, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Dec 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 10251, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 10 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 22nd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade | |
| 13 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 22nd Field Artillery Brigade (Howitzer) | |
| 17 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 10251, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Edward Fox and Eva E. fox of 'Munro', Albion Street, Waverley, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 2 March 1919 aboard HT Derbyshire disembarking on the 17 April 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: British War Medal. Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, died tragically, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
96 years ago today, on the 4th August 1927, Gunner Harold Edward C Fox, 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade, 105th Howitzer Battery (Reg No-10251), blacksmith or farrier from "Monro", Albion Street, Waverley, New South Wales and Paddington, N.S.W. and Muscle Creek, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 34. ANGLICAN 2-128. 13. Not married.
No Funeral Notice.
Born at Waverley, New South Wales on the 20th July 1893 to Edward and Eva E Fox of Avoca Street, Randwick, New South Wales, Harold enlisted on the 23rd August 1915 with the 2nd Australian Divisional Ammunition Column at Holsworthy, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A35 Berrima on the 17th December 1915.
Granted leave to France from the 2.9.1917 to the 12.9.1917.
Admitted to hospital 15.12.1918 (severe influenza).
Harold returned home on the 17th April 1919, being discharged on the 17th June 1919.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, returning home, etc.
Mr. Fox’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not located inscribed on any Sydney Memorial.
The tragic circumstances of Harold’s death were reported.
I have placed poppies upon Harold’s Commonwealth War Grave’s brown granite headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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