Harry Clive COX

COX, Harry Clive

    Service Number: 3410
    Enlisted: 29 September 1916
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
    Born: Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 20 September 1898
    Home Town: Narromine, Narromine, New South Wales
    Schooling: Narromine Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 31 August 1918, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
    Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 50, Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, Peronne, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narromine War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3410, 33rd Infantry Battalion
    16 Jul 1917: Involvement Private, 3410, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
    16 Jul 1917: Embarked Private, 3410, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Harry Clive Cox was the son of George Frederick and Sophie Cox, of Narromine NSW. Both parents gave their consent to Harry enlisting as soon as he turned 18 in September 1916. The father George Frederick Cox was the editor of the Narromine News at the time. The father had also been married several times and one of Harry’s older half-brothers, 1931 Pte. Leslie George Cox 13th Battalion AIF, had been killed in action at Gallipoli on the 22 August 1915, aged 25.

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