Harry Atkinson FOXCROFT

1894 - 1962  (68 years)

• Name	Harry Atkinson FOXCROFT
  Birth	28 Jun 1894	Saint Lukes Parish, Heywood, , Lancashire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Oct 1962	Saint Vincents Hospital, Fitzroy, , Victoria, Australia
  Cremation	Fawkner Cemetery, Fawkner, , Victoria, Australia
  	Cremated. Remains At Fawkner Cemetery.
  Person ID	I29	Foxcroft and Bruce
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	William Henry FOXCROFT,   b. Aft 12 Apr 1872   d. 11 Apr 1919, 86 Rochdale Rd, Harpurhey, , Lancashire, England (Age ~ 46 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Alice ATKINSON,   b. 6 Dec 1864, 56 Princess St, Bury, , Lancashire, England d. 24 Dec 1941, 61 Greenway Road, Altrincham, , Cheshire, England (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	10 Dec 1893	Bamford Chapel, Bury, , Lancashire, England
  Family ID	F120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alice Ruth LAW,   b. 25 Jul 1894   d. 7 Apr 1958, 5 Bazentine Street, Sunshine, , Victoria, Australia (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1920	Gladstone Street Methodist Church, Moonee Ponds, , Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. Norman James FOXCROFT,   b. 29 Sep 1921   d. 7 Sep 2007, Sunshine Hospital, Sunshine, , Victoria, Australia (Age 85 years)   2. Allan Law FOXCROFT,   b. 18 Apr 1923, Sunshine, , Victoria, Australia d. 6 Sep 2003, Wallgrove Nursing Home, Lakemba, , New South Wales, Australia (Age 80 years)   3. Elizabeth Alice FOXCROFT,   b. 3 Jan 1928, Victoria, Australia d. 25 Dec 2014, Melton, , Victoria, Australia (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F21	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 May 2005

  
  

• Notes

  Moved to Australia from Manchester, England 1914. Arrived in Melbourne on the Norseman in March 1914 Met Alice Ruth Law through Frank Law. They enlisted and were in the same tent. Frank took Harry home and met Alice. Moved to Sunshine after the war into a soldier settlement. Worked at McKay's Sunshine Harvester Works until retirement. Enlisted 1st AIF 7th December 1914. Assigned to 4/14th Battalion. Number 1720. The 4 meant he was the 4th reinforcement group. Was captured in the assault at Hill 971. His company went left around a hill, while the main force went right. They walked into a group of Turks and had no option but to surrender. Missing in action 8th August 1915 at Gallipoli. Repatriated to England 8th December 1918. Returned to Australia 12th May 1919.