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Wallace COX

Place of birthCarlingford, New South Wales
SchoolThe King's School, Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinF C Cox, Blenheim, Carlingford, New South Wales
Previous military service12 years NSW Lancers, joined as a trooper and rose to Lieutenant.
Enlistment date27 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, B Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBrother: Brigadier General Charles Frederick COX, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., V.D., 6th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia 13 March 1919.
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 1), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
2
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died of wounds, Mudros, 7 August 1915 (bomb wound, right thigh; gun shot wound, left arm); buried at sea between Gallipoli and Alexandria, 7 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, COX Wallace

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