COX, Harold
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 19 January 1915, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 27 January 1875 |
| Home Town: | Wangaratta, Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Scotch College Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Secretary (Insurance AMP) |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row L, Grave 62. Inscription "E'EN AS HE TROD THAT DAY TO GOD SO WALKED HE FROM HIS BIRTH" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, MCC Roll of Honour 1914 - 1918 - Melbourne Cricket Club, Wangaratta War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, Wangaratta, Victoria | |
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| 16 Jul 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A64' Demosthenes from Melbourne on 16th July 1915, disembarking Egypt. | |
| 16 Jul 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT 'A64' Demosthenes, Melbourne | |
| 9 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT Ionian from Alexandria, Egypt on 9th September 1915 to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. | |
| 16 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 23rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 10 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 23rd Infantry Battalion, Returned from Dardenelles via Mudros on HMT Minnewaska, disembarking Alexandria, Egypt on 10th January 1916. | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 31st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Oriana" | |
| 12 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 31st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 31st Infantry Battalion, Killed in action - 'Informant states that on 19th July in the trenches in front of Fleury Baix (sic), called the Fromelles trenches, Lieut Cox was wounded in the bombardment, a shell nearly blowing his shoulder away. When Informant saw him he was dead, but his wound had been dressed with a bog pad of wool. Informant helped to bury him next day between the trenches and the village of Fleury Baix.' |
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Born at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Son of Ross and Mary COX.
Place of enlistment - Wangaratta, Victoria Attested, 19 January 1915, and had been in the Depot since 29 January 1915. This period had included a month at Instructional School. Applied for a commission on 18 April 1915; it was gazetted on 29 May 1915.
Had served 13 months in the South African 5th Victorian Rifles as Quarter Master Sergeant previously.
Educated at Scotch College. From Brighton. Worked for AMP. Enlisted in January, 1915, aged 30. Sailed in July as Second Lieutenant in 23rd Battalion Reinforcements. Served at Gallipoli. Transferred to 31st Battalion in April, 1916. He was killed at Fromelles on July 20, 1916, one of 5533 casualties