FOX, William James
Service Number: | 3209 |
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Enlisted: | 7 March 1917, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 15th Light Horse Regiment |
Born: | Ararat, Victoria, Australia, 1882 |
Home Town: | Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Camel Driver |
Died: | Coolgardie East, Western Australia, 1935, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
7 Mar 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3209, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Kalgoorlie, WA | |
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15 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 15th Light Horse Regiment | |
16 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, Camel Corps, From 15th Light Horse Regiment | |
22 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 3209, Camel Corps, HMAT Port Sydney, Fremantle | |
22 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 3209, Camel Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
1 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 15th Light Horse Regiment, From the Camel Corps | |
29 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 3209, 15th Light Horse Regiment, Discharged at the 5th Military District. The rank of Driver was a temporary rank |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Henry Fox and Agnes Fox nee Finlay of Ararat, Victoria
Next of kin given as his sister Letitia Russell of West Brunswick, Victoria
Commenced return to Australia on 26 July 1919 aboard HT Dongola disembarking on the 25 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1922 William married Emma J. Bell in the Coolgardie area W.A.