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Service Number:	1644
Enlisted:	4 January 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Brighton, Tasmania, Australia, 16 January 1893
Home Town:	Jericho, Southern Midlands, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 18 May 1915, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row 2, Grave 9 Rev. F. W. Wray officiated Headstone inscription reads: On Australia's Roll of Honour you will find our hero's name,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial

4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1644, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1644, 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, 1644, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne

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Son of William Francis Cox and Louisa Cox later known as Louisa Jones of 43 Ware Street, North Hobart, Tasmania

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