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Joseph Christopher COX

Regimental number6063
Place of birthOrange, New South Wales
SchoolState School, New South Wales
Other trainingNil
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressDubbo, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Francis Cox, Dubbo, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 September 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll10 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 31 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 September 1917
Place of death or woundingBeaurevoir Wood, France
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot VI, Row E, Grave No. 14/15), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
96
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Dubbo (Old) Cemetery, New South Wales. Headstone states place of death as 'Westhoek Ridge, France [sic]'. Parents: Francis (d. 14 April 1918, aged 64; bu. Dubbo [Old] Cemetery) and Martha COX (d. 13 November 1948, aged 93; bu. Dubbo [Old] Cemetery), Dubbo, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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