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Henry John COX

Regimental number2018
Place of birthParkham Tasmania
SchoolParkham State School, Tasmania
Other trainingNil
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressParkham, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Joseph Cox, Parkham, Tasmania
Enlistment date22 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT SS Makatini on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Motor Transport Section
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialRailway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) (Plot VI, Row L, Grave No. 13), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
19
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Deloraine Cemetery, Tasmania. Parents: Joseph (d. 7 May 1920, aged 73, bu. Deloraine Cemetery) and Agnes COX (d. 27 October 1931, aged 77, bu. Deloraine Cemetery). Son of Joseph and Agnes COX, Parkham, Tasmania

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