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William COX

Regimental number803
Place of birthCoburg Victoria
SchoolState School 143, Campbellfield, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDriver
AddressCampbellfield, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Helen Kendall, Sydney Road, Campbellfield, Victoria
Enlistment date7 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name39th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 January 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death21.9
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No. 31), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas COX and Helen KENDALL (formerly COX), Sydney Road, Campbellfield, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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