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FOX, Benjamin
(Service number 14877)

Aliases	aka Benjamin SMITH
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13/07/1876	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	James FOX (father), C/o T. W. FOX, Southdown, Auckland; Mrs R. H. SAUNDERS (sister), care of J. FOX, Templeton, Christchurch
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	5th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H Company
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	6 November 1941	Age	64 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland
Memorial Reference	W4 38
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Benjamin Fox, born on 13 July 1876 at Timaru, was the son of James and Helena (née Banks) Fox. He enlisted and is recorded on the Nominal Rolls as Benjamin Smith, with a note that his correct name is Benjamin Fox.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Datanase [08 September 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 September 2017]; Waikarak Cemetery record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [10 September 2017]

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