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Charles Edward FOX

Regimental number2371
Place of birthBunbury, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBushman
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinWife, Mrs Alice Hardy Fox, 110 Trafalgar Road, East Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date29 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A63 Karoola on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Place of death or woundingLeane's Trench, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death6 August 1915
Age at death22
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 41), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
62
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (marble tablet) in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, Western Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the glory of God. The Choir Vestry was erected A.D. 1922 in grateful memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for God and King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. "Their name liveth for evermore."'
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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