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Horace Raymond COX

Regimental number1125
Place of birthLiverpool, England
SchoolWestminster Road School, Liverpool, England
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressWolfram Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ada Coy, 26 Brock Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, England
Previous military serviceTraining Ship Indefatigable, Liverpool, England
Enlistment date11 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT Themistocles on 7 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 May 1915
Place of death or woundingDardanelles, Turkey
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 231), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
58
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Ada COX, 26 Brock Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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