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COX, Alfred Richard Baxter

Service Numbers:	1301, WX1573
Enlisted:	13 January 1916
Last Rank:	Colonel
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cue, Western Australia, 7 September 1898
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Perth Modern School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Architect
Memorials:	West Perth Public Works Department of Western Australia Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

13 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1301
20 Feb 1916:	Embarked Sapper, 1301, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
20 Feb 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 1301, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
19 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Mining Corps
18 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company)
1 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion
7 Mar 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

9 May 1940:	Involvement Colonel, WX1573
9 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Colonel, WX1573

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alfred and Harriett Cox.