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Born: 26 December 1894
Died: 8 July 1978
A professional soldier who graduated from Royal Military College, Duntroon before enlisting in the AIF. He was wounded in action at Pozieres during an attack on the German front line by the 13th Battalion which started at 10.30 pm on 14 August 1916. He was taken prisoner of war the next day. Held in Germany until transferred as an intenee to Switzerland on 27 November 1917 where he met his future wife, Dora Betschen. Released and repatriated to England on 9 December 1918.
His mother was living at Manly at the time of his embarkation. She had a long association with the Neutral Bay/Cremorne area through her family home, Redlands, Military Road, Neutral Bay, owned by the Phillips family up until the late 1890s. During and after the war years she stayed at a number of Sydney addresses including two in Cremorne. Her brother, Oswald John Phillips, lived at 3 Cyprian Street, Mosman which may be the reason Arthur Gerard Fox's name appears on the Mosman War Memorial.
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- Fox Arthur Gerard : SERN Captain : POB N/A : POE N/A : NOK Fox Mrs W A (webpage)
- FOX ARTHUR GERARD : Service Number - SX26842 : Date of birth - 26 Dec 1894 : Place of birth - ADELAIDE SA : Place of enlistment - MORESBY PAPUA : Next of Kin - FOX DORA [World War 2] (website)
- Red Cross Wounded and Missing: Arthur Gerard Fox (webpage)
- Group portrait of ex-Prisoners of War (POW) Captain (Capt) Arthur Gerard Fox, 13th Battalion, from Sydney, NSW standing on the left, ... Capt Fox enlisted at the age of 20 on 17 September 1914, after having served with the Militia and having completed one year at Royal Military College (RMC) Duntroon. He embarked for overseas on 11 February 1915 aboard HMAT Seang Choon and landed at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on the afternoon of 25 April 1915. While later serving on the Western Front, he was wounded and captured at Pozieres, France, on 15 August 1916 and held as a POW in Germany until transferred to Switzerland on 29 November 1917. After repatriation to England on 9 December 1918, he married Dora Betschen a year later and arrived back in Australia with his wife on 19 February 1920. [AWM photograph] (webpage)
- Arthur Gerard Fox (photograph)
- ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE. SECOND BATCH OF CADETS. (newspaper article)
- CONCERNING PEOPLE. (newspaper article)
- RELEASED PRISONERS OF WAR. NEW SOUTH WALES. (newspaper article)
- "OF THE BOYS." (newspaper article)
- A.I.F. and Militia Promotions The appointment of Major A. G. Fox to command the 13th Field Brigade (Militia) is contained in the latest Commonwealth Gazette. Simultaneous with the appointment is a promotion to the rank of lieutenant-colonel. (newspaper article)
- Unrra Post For S.A. Captain ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. (newspaper article)
- Grim German Outlook; Cigarettes 2/6 Each (newspaper article)
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- FOX A. G. on the East Face of the Mosman War Memorial
- Fox, A G on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour