COX, Charles William Arthur
| Service Number: | 153 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1916, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia, December 1884 |
| Home Town: | Wynyard, Waratah/Wynyard, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 153, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 153, 40th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 153, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 153, 40th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 153 awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 |
Glen Cox
Charles William Arthur Cox was my Grandfather my father was Raymond William Cox who was in WW2 I served in Vietnam in 1967.
So the family goes back a bit with war. More to follow
Submitted 24 February 2020 by Glen Cox
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...153 Private Charles William Arthur Cox, 40th Battalion, of Wynyard, Tas. A labourer prior to enlisting in March 1916, Pte Cox embarked from Hobart on board HMAT Berrima (A35) on 1 July 1916. They arrived in France in November and Pte Cox was promoted to Corporal. He was promoted to Temporary Sergeant and wounded in action in France in June 1917. On 1 September 1917 was promoted to Sergeant (Sgt). Sgt Cox was killed in action at Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917. He was 33 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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