# Ernest Samuel Fox

Ernest Samuel Fox (1892 – 18 SEP 1958); born in Junee, New South Wales, Australia; married Ella May Carter; parent of 2 children; died in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.

**Lifespan:** 1892 – 18 SEP 1958

## Spouses
- [Ella May Carter](/p/ella-may-carter-82444.md) — m. 1912

## Children
- [Richard Allan Fox](/p/richard-allan-fox-82494.md)
- [William Francis Fox](/p/william-francis-fox-82495.md)

## Timeline
- 1892 — **Born** at Junee, New South Wales, Australia
- BEF 1915 — **Occupation (Sleeper cutter)** — 'For years' engaged cutting railway sleepers at Graytown (Greytown), Victoria, where his father and mother still lived in 1915 (Bendigo Advertiser 30 Jun 1915). Graytown is not in the tree; no place linked.
- 1915 — **Residence** at Bendigo, Victoria, Australia — Smith-street, North Bendigo — his wife and children lived there in 1915 with her parents Mr and Mrs W. H. Carter (of 6 Smith-street) while he was overseas with the AIF.
- FROM FEB 1915 TO 1916 — **Military service** — Private, 6th Battalion AIF (3rd reinforcements); enrolled at Hamilton, Vic, Jan 1915 and embarked with reinforcements in February 1915. Landed at Gallipoli; wounded (leg and ear) on 8 May 1915 — his birthday — and at first reported missing; wrote to his wife from Malta on 24 May 1915. Notified wounded in France, September 1916.
- 1943 — **Residence** at Kensington, Victoria, Australia — 27 McCracken Street, Kensington, Melbourne — 'Mr and Mrs E. Fox' in 1943; 'Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Fox, McCracken-street, Kensington' in 1947; Mrs E. S. Fox 'Kensington' in 1950; Ella May Fox 'late of Kensington' at her death in 1963.
- 18 SEP 1958 — **Died** at Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

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