LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Francis John FOX
Service No: 127355
Born: Sea Lake VIC, 7 October 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 February 1923
Unit: No. 8 Airfield Construction Squadron, Venn Airfield NT
Died: Illness, Adelaide SA, 2 July 1943, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Alice Springs Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James George and Ethel Margaret Fox, of Tempe, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Ouyen VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 26 June 1943, Aircraftman Class I Fox, a General Hand, was admitted to No. 121 Australian General Hospital seriously ill with headaches. He was transferred by air to Royal Adelaide Hospital and died of subdural haemorrhage on 2 July 1943.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/14/60