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Service Number:	1635
Enlisted:	15 February 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Australian Army Chaplains' Department
Born:	London, England, 1879
Home Town:	Hunters Hill, Hunters Hill, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Roman Catholic Priest
Died:	15 November 1972, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

15 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1635, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba, QLD
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 1635, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney
5 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 1635, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
1 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion, In the field
15 Nov 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
25 Nov 1916:	Involvement Australian Army Chaplains' Department, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
25 Nov 1916:	Embarked Australian Army Chaplains' Department, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
26 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gassed
16 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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At the time of enlisting he was residing at Villa Maria, Hunters Hill, NSW

Son of Thomas Fox of Argyle Road, Tottenham, England. Brother of Rev. William B. Fox of St Mary's College, Linthorpe, England

Commenced return to Australia on 7 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

In November 1921 Thomas was living in England at St Mary's Hill, Paignton, South Devon.

At the time of enlistment he was working on Glen Olive Station, Condamine Road, Miles, QLD

Son of Florrie Fox of Yewsbury, Middlesex, England

Commenced return to Australia on 31 March 1919 aboard HT Khyber disembarking on the 18 May 1919