Harold Dixon COX

COX, Harold Dixon

Service Numbers: 91, 2018
Enlisted: 3 October 1914, Brisbane, Qld.
Last Rank: Second Class Air Mechanic
Last Unit: Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born: Brisbane, Qld., 22 February 1895
Home Town: Ithaca, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: St Leonards, Qld., 15 October 1964, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Ithaca War Memorial, Woody Point Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

3 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 91, 1st Australian General Hospital, Brisbane, Qld.
21 Nov 1914: Embarked Private, 91, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
21 Nov 1914: Involvement Private, 91, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
19 Jan 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Class Air Mechanic, 2018, Reinforcements WW1
8 Aug 1917: Involvement 2018, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
8 Aug 1917: Embarked 2018, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Anchises, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Harold was the son of John Henry Cox and Margaret Falconer Murray who came to live at Woody Point sometime during or just after the war. Harold enlisted in first in October 1914, and later having made a good recovery after being invalided home, he re-enlisted in 1917.
Harold returned to live with his parents at Woody Point after the war. Margaret his mother, died in 1938 and Harold stayed on with his father until he married Maude Gowland in Taree in 1941. Harold also served in WWII. His older brother, John Murray Cox joined the Navy.

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