Herbert James COX

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Service Number:	1643
Enlisted:	12 December 1914, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bradshaws Creek, Tasmania, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Bradshaws Creek, Dorset, Tasmania
Schooling:	Bradshaws Creek State School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Engine Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Monash Valley, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 May 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot 1V, Row B, Grave 12 Chaplain Rev. J. Green officiated Headstone inscription reads: By angles hands to Heaven conveyed to rest forever there, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Pioneer Anglican Church Honor Roll

12 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1643, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1643, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1643, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne

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Son of Henry and Mary Ann Cox of Bradshaw's Creek, Tasmania

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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