Cyril Foxwell

Personal Information
Date of Birth	23 Jul 1889
Place of Birth	New Jersey, USA
Death	30 Oct 1960, aged 71
Place of Death	Scarborough, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	26 years, 7 months
Description	5'10½" (1.m) tall; weight 156 lbs (kg); fair complexion, brown eyes, light brown hair.
Occupation	Sleeper cutter
Religion	Church of England
Address	Serpentine, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Brother Mr Lionel Foxwell
Military Information
Reg Number	1943
Date of Enlistment	19 Feb 1915
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	11th Battalion, 5th reinforcement
Date of Embarkation	26 Apr 1915
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A20 Hororata
Date of Return	28 Jul 1916 - 2 Sep 1916
Ship Returned On	RMS Osterley
Fate	Returned to Australia
Monument	Serpentine
Medals	1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal

Pre War

NOK (brother) lived in Serpentine.

War Service

Entered Blackboy Hill camp on 19 Feb 1915, and was allocated to the 5th reinforcement draft for the 11th Battalion, travelling with them to Port Suez in Egypt.

Joined the 11th Battalion along with 130 others on 15 Jun 1915, and was allocated to A Company. On 30 Aug 1915 he reported to the 1st Field Ambulance with dysentery, and on 2 Sep 1915 he was sent on to the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station who admitted him suffering with bronchitis.

On the next day he was evacuated to the 1st Australian Stationary Hospital on Lemnos, with lumbago. Transferred to England on HMHS Aquitania, he arrived there about 26 Sep 1915 where he was admitted to the 2nd Western General Hospital in Manchester on 27 Sep 1915. He arrived at the Command Depot in Weymouth on 24 Feb 1916

Returned to Australian for Home Service, and was discharged by the 5th Military District on 13 Jan 1917, medically unfit, 'at own expense'.

Post War

Also served during WW2 from 27 Jun 1940 until 5 Jan 1949 as W232700 Sergeant with RAE

Notes

Shipping records for arrival in Fremantle show age as 36 not 26.

External Links

• AIF Project
• RSL Memorial