Norman Gilbert COX

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COX, Norman Gilbert

Service Number:	1904
Enlisted:	6 September 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Gilbert, South Australia, Australia, 18 July 1897
Home Town:	St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Norwood High School, South Australia
Occupation:	Telephone mechanic
Died:	Killed in action, France, 4 September 1916, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Serre Road Cemetery No.1 Plot VII, Row H, Grave No. 11. IN MEMORY OF NORM. DEARLY LOVED SON OF H. & T.COX, HENLEY, S.A.
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Postmaster General's Department WWI Honour Board , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Payneham District Council Roll of Honor, St Peters Heroes War Memorial, St Peters Spicer Memorial Church Stained Glass Window Honor Roll WW1 (2)

World War 1 Service

6 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1904, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
11 Jan 1916:	Involvement Private, 1904, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
11 Jan 1916:	Embarked Private, 1904, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Borda, Adelaide
4 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 1904, 52nd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1904 awm_unit: 52nd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-04
Date unknown:	Wounded 1904, 52nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Norman Cox enlisted with the 13th Light Horse Regiment in 1915. He transferred on to the 52nd Battalion during April 1916, the same Battalion as his brother, 3245 Pte. Ronald Dungey Cox.

The 52nd Battalion was involved in the last battle to take Mouquet Farm from the Germans and they suffered very heavy casualties on 3-4 September 1916. Norman was listed as missing at this time, according to his Red Cross file he was seen to be killed at this time, and he was stated to be in the same section as his brother.

Norman’s parents were eventually notified on 9 August 1923 that the War Graves Commission had been successful in locating his burial place and that his remains had been interred in the Serre Road Cemetery, 6 ¼ miles North of Albert, France. Details were provided of the exact location where the body had been found. His Identity disk (the only personal item recovered) was eventually forwarded on 8 May 1924.

His mother Thirza Cox wrote a letter thanking those involved in finding her son, “you will know how thankful I was to receive the disc, when it has been my greatest wish for nearly eight years….with many thanks to the military for all their trouble.”

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