Robert Henry FOX 

FOX , Robert Henry

Service Number: 5595
Enlisted: 26 February 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 18th Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 19 September 1880
Home Town: Hampaton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 30 June 1946, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Lithgow General Cemetery, Bowenfels, New South Wales
Anglican Section 1, Row 15B
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World War 1 Service

26 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5595, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra, NSW
9 Sep 1916: Involvement Private, 5595, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
9 Sep 1916: Embarked Private, 5595, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
25 Apr 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 62nd Infantry Battalion, From the 18th Battalion
10 Jun 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion, From 62nd Battalion
20 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5595, 18th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the face and legs
12 Mar 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5595, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Born Adelaide South Australia,1880 as Thomas George Kippist

Enlisted under the alias of Robert Henry Fox 

Son of James George Kippist  and Mary Jane Kippist nee Balfort of Adelaide, SA. Brother of Lawrence Balford Kippist, Ethel Lavinia Kippist and Albert Edward Kippist

Next of kin given as his sister Olive Gertrude Whitehead nee Kippist of Orlando Street, Hampton, Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 20 October 1918

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1925 he married Edith A. Jukes at Parkes, NSW

In August 1927 he was living Laidley Street, Lithgow, NSW

 

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