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Albert Henry COX

Regimental number8168
Place of birthLaunceston Tasmania
SchoolState School ? Square, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationJeweller
Address22 George Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellen Cox, 22 George Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Previous military service40th Battery Australian Field Artillery
Enlistment date17 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentBombardier
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 6, Battery 17
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/34/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 22 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 14 November 1916
Place of death or woundingRouen, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot II, row C, Grave No. 3), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ellen COX, 190a, George Street, Launceston, Tasmania

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