COX, Walter Charles Ebden
| Service Number: | 852 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Sale, Gippsland - Victoria, Australia, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Sale, Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sale State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer/Driver |
| Died: | Gunshot wounds to spine, Northampton War Hospital, Duston, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom, 22 September 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Northampton (Towcester Road) Cemetery Northamptonshire, England Grave 466. I. 18070. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sale Cenotaph |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 852, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 852, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 852, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 5 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, 852, 24/39 Infantry Battalion AMF, Battle of The Somme | |
| 20 Mar 2015: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 852 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 32 and the son of Frederic Arthur Cox and Charlotte Barwise Cox, of Pearson St., Sale, Gippsland, Victoria.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Walter Charles Ebden Cox was born at Sale, Gippsland, Victoria in 1883 to parents Frederic Arthur Cox and Charlotte Barwise Cox (nee Williams). He was the youngest of six children born to Frederic & Charlotte Cox.
Frederick Arthur Cox, father of Walter Charles Ebden Cox, died in April, 1884 at Sale, Gippsland, Victoria.
On 20th March, 1915 Walter Charles Cox enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 31 year old, single, Labourer from Sale, Victoria.
Private Walter Charles Cox, Service number 852, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 10th May, 1915 with the 6th Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Battalion, “D” Company.
He proceeded to join M.E.F. (Mediterranean Expeditionary Force) on Gallipoli Peninsula on 30th August, 1915.
On 10th January, 1916 Private Cox disembarked at Alexandria from Mudros (after the evacuation of Gallipoli).
Private Walter Charles Cox proceeded to join the B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) from Alexandria on 20th March, 1916 & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 26th March, 1916.
On 5th August, 1916 Private Walter Charles Cox was “evacuated wounded” in France & was admitted to 4th Field Ambulance with Shell shock then transferred & admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station the same day. Private Cox was transferred to Base Hospital on 7th August, 1916 & admitted to 2nd Canadian Stationary Hospital at Outreau on 7th August, 1916. He embarked for England at Boulogne on Hospital Ship Stad Antwerpen on 14th August, 1916.
He was admitted to Northampton War Hospital, England on 14th August, 1916 with gunshot wounds to spine – severe. Private Cox was reported as “considerably weaker than when last reported” on 27th August, 1918. His condition was reported as “no improvement” on 3rd September, 1916 & “somewhat weaker” on 5th September, 1916.
Mrs C. B. Cox was advised on 25th August, 1916 that her son, Private Walter C. E. Cox, was seriously ill with gunshot wounds to spine and paralysis of legs and improving. Subsequent reports were sent on 3rd September, 1916, 11th September, 1916 & 25th September, 1916 advising that Private Cox’s condition was stationary.
On 29th September, 1916 Mrs C. B. Cox was advised that her son, Private Walter C. E. Cox, had been admitted to Canadian Stationary Hospital on 7th August dangerously ill & his condition was now stationary.
Private Walter Charles Ebden Cox died on 22nd September, 1916 at War Hospital, Duston, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England from wounds received in action in France – Gunshot wounds to Spine.
He was buried in Towcester Road Cemetery, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England where 8 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/northampton---towcester.html
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