FOX, Leonard
Service Numbers: | 1407, 8396 |
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Enlisted: | 14 September 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 3rd Division Headquarters |
Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 1890 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Traveller |
Died: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 21 June 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Plot 14, Zone D, Grave 877 Headstone inscription reads: Lest we forget |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
14 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1407, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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27 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8396, 20th Army Service Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
27 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8396, 20th Army Service Corps, HMAT Uganda, Sydney | |
4 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 1407, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
4 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 1407, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
9 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Division Headquarters, From 33rd Battalion | |
19 Jan 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 8396, 3rd Division Headquarters, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to gastric ulcer |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at at the time of enlistment was Langham Hotel, York Street, Sydney, NSW and 'Manilla House', Bourke Street, Sydney, NSW
Son of David Thomson Fox and Maria Fox of 'Bay View', St Stephens Avenue, Parnell, NZ
Commenced return to Australia 28 August 1919 aboard HS Kanowna disembarking on the 26 October 1919
Granted Honourary rank of Sergeant
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal