FOX, John Louis
Service Numbers: | 113, 113A |
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Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 5th Machine Gun Battalion |
Born: | Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Student |
Died: | Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, 16 January 1959, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Cremated on the 19 January 1959 and interred on the 16 April 1959 in the Garden of No Distant Place and held in perpetuity for all time |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 113, 29th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 113, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 113, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
11 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Machine Gun Company, From 29th Battalion. Allotted number 113A | |
1 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Machine Gun Company | |
7 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions | |
7 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions | |
17 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, In France | |
25 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 113A, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of William Fox and Mary Fox nee Quinn of Royal Hotel, Footscray, Victoria.
Brother of Norman Charles Fox who returned to Australia on 23 July 1919 having served with the 5th Machine Gun Battalion
Commenced return to Australia on 13 April 1919 aboard HT Wyreema disembarking on the 31 May 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1925 John married Hilda Marjorie Hallett in Victoria