Regimental number | 55915 |
Place of birth | Beaufort, Victoria |
School | Raglan State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Alberton, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 33 |
Height | 5' 7.25" |
Weight | 135 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, R.T. Fox, Newcastle Street, Rosewater, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Adelaide, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | General Reinforcements (2nd South Australian) |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/111/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Orontes on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 43rd Battalion |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of death or wounding | Died England |
Age at death | 33 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
Place of burial | Fovant (St. George) Churchyard (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 3), Wiltshire |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 136 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Reuben Thomas and Christina FOX, Newcastle Street, Alberton, South Australia |
Other details |
War service: England. Embarked Sydney, 5 June 1918. Found guilty, Papute, 23 June 1918, of (1) wilfully damaging Government property in that he smashed front out of No 2 Cell; (2) drunkenness: award, forfeits 28 days' pay. Found guilty, 31 July 1918, of whilst in New York, being absent without leave from midnight, 25 July 1918, until midnight, 29 July 1918: award, forfeits 21 days' pay, and total forfeiture of 25 days' pay. Disembarked England, no date stated; marched into 9th Training Bn, Fovant, 12 August 1918, and allotted to 43rd Bn reinforcements. Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 13 August 1918 (venereal disease); discharged, 15 August 1918, and marched into No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Parkhouse, 15 August 1918. Found guilty, 11 September 1918, of being absent without leave; (2) neglect to obey AIF Depot Orders in that he was found on Shipton and Cholderton Road, and was not in possession of pay book or identity disc: award, forfeits 1 day's pay. Marched into 9th Training Bn, Fovant, 1 October 1918. Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, 9 October 1918 (pneumonia). Died, Fovant Military Hospital, 16 October 1918 (pneumonia). Buried, St George's Parish Cemetery, Fovant, 19 October 1918. War Medal: British War Medal. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FOX Sydney |