FOXELL, Gerald Augustus
Service Numbers: | 509, 509B |
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Enlisted: | 7 August 1916, Enlisted at Warwick, WLD |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 11th Machine Gun Company |
Born: | London, England, 1898 |
Home Town: | Warwick, Southern Downs, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farmer Labourer |
Died: | Queensland, Australia, 26 August 1990, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
7 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 509, 13th Machine Gun Company, Enlisted at Warwick, WLD | |
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16 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 509, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
16 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 509, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
23 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 11th Machine Gun Company, From the 13th Machine Gun Company. Allocated number 509B | |
7 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 509B, 11th Machine Gun Company, Discharged at the 1st Military District |
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At the time of enlistment his residental address was C/- G.T. Lomas of 'Junabee', Warwick, QLD
Son of Minnie Foxell of 43 Villiers Road, Southall, Middlesex, England
Commenced return to Australia on 24 July 1919 aboard Bakara but transferred at Duban, South Africa to the Bahia Castille for guard duties. Disembarked at Sydney on 21 October 1919 for onward travel to QLD
On 12 September 1923 Gerald married Elizabeth Maargaret Winnett in QLD
In August 1933 he was living at 'Ab-e-vil', Margate Beach, Redcliffe, QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal