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John William COX

Regimental number3067
Place of birthEnsay Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressCoon Nure via Bairnsdale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Ralph Cox, Pearson Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 26 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCompany Sergeant Major
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918).

FateKilled in Action 13 March 1918
Place of death or woundingPloegsteert, Belgium
Age at death27.7
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Rosenberg Plateau Plots) (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 9), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ralph and Charlotte COX, Pearson Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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