Charles Leonard FOX

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Service Number:	885
Enlisted:	21 August 1914, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	East Grinstead, England, 9 December 1881
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Memorials:

21 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 885, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Corporal, 885, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Corporal, 885, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Melbourne
10 Nov 1914:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 8th Infantry Battalion, Prior to embarking
28 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli
19 Jun 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion
18 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Shell shock. Embarked for England on 25 August 1916
8 Apr 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 65th Infantry Battalion, From 8th Battalion
18 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 8th Infantry Battalion, From the 65th Battalion
5 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 8th Infantry Battalion
9 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 8th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gunshot wound to the abdomen and invalided to England on 12 August 1918
21 Feb 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 8th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District

Son of J. Fox of of 85 Goldstone Villas, Hove, England

Previously served with the Sussex Volunteer Artillery and the South African

Commenced return to Australia on 10 October 1918 aboard HT Thermisticles

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

During 1929 Charles married Myrtle Whittle in Victoria