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COX, Ernest Sydney
Personal Details
Service Number: | 449 |
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Enlisted: | 23 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Swindon, England, United Kingdom, 8 July 1893 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Wroughton Boys School, England |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Dardenelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 52, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 449, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA | |
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22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 449, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 449, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 20 years
Son of James and Lucy Jane Cox of 22 Wharf Road, Wroughton, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal