FOX, Frederick Christopher Spurgeon
Service Number: | 256 |
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Enlisted: | 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Trooper |
Last Unit: | 25th Field Artillery Brigade |
Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
Home Town: | Red Range, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 1937, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Interred on the 20 July 1937. Catholic Section area M2, Row 14, Grave 2556 |
Memorials: | Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Red Range Honour Roll, Red Range Public School Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 256, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 256, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 256, 6th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
27 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
1 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, At Moascar | |
9 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 25th Field Artillery Brigade, From the 15th Field Artillery Brigade | |
24 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 14th Field Artillery Brigade , From the 25th Field Artillery Brigde | |
3 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 256, 25th Field Artillery Brigade, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick J. Fox and Elizabeth Rumings formerly Fox of Red Range, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 8 October 1918 aboard HT Port Sydney disembarking on the 2 December 1918
During 1922c Frederick married Ella Beatrice Cooper in Glen Innes, NSW. Father of Neville L. Fox
When applying for the Gallipoli Medallion his wife wrote that did not use his middle name of Christpoher when he served
Medals: !914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal