Alfred Richard Baxter COX OBE

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
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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 (WW2) , Colonel, WX1573

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alfred and Harriett Cox.