FOXTON, Vivian Stephen Russell
Service Number: | 7245 |
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Enlisted: | 23 January 1917, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wheeo, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
Home Town: | Crookwell, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Crookwell, New South Wales, Australia, 16 March 1965, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Crookwell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
23 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7245, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Goulburn, NSW | |
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10 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 7245, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
10 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 7245, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney | |
25 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From 1st Battalion | |
1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion, From 62nd Battalion | |
27 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7245, 35th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert John Lewis Foxton and Harreitt Ann Foxton of Crookwell, NSW. Brother of Leonard Vincet Foxton who returned to Australia wounded on 12 May 1918 having served with the 35th Battalion
Returned to Australia on the 4 July 1919 aboard HT Wiltshire disembarking on the 20 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1920c Vivian married Zillah B.M. Collins at Crookwell, NSW