Fox served at tretham army camp as part of permanent staff.
Sent too western front 1917 ( the Somme)
Would ride a dentist bike forward too front line and give dental treatment in bunkers .
At night in the rear the dental rest area often under heavy shell fire .
May have won a returned soldiers land ballot in the Catlins but he and his family of wife and 3 daughters forced off due too hunger
His daughter betty fox back brief on WW1 as a child in Dunedin
" always hungery , always cold "
LEAST WE FORGET