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Bertie COX

Regimental number850
Place of birthWilliamstown Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWilliamstown, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Caroline Cox, 127 Nelson Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Previous military service70th Infantry
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 26 February 1916; TOS, 39 Btn 22 May 1916; 7 Btn 29 Septmebr 1916; mortally wounded 20 September 1917.
FateDied of wounds 20 September 1917
Place of death or woundingMenin Road, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death23
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXIV, Row I, Grave No. 2), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
49
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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