COX, Peter Gordon
| Service Number: | 893 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Macorna, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 22 August 1976, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Lake Charm Mystic Park & District Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 893, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 893, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 893, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 893, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW to cheek. | |
| 12 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 893, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Bomb wound to arm & leg sustained at Lone Pine. | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 893, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to left leg. Leg was later amputated at the thigh. | |
| 25 Jan 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 893, 7th Infantry Battalion, RTA 11 September 1917. Discharged medically unfit due to amputated left leg. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Peter Gordon Cox was born in Macorna, Vic., the son of James & Cecelia Cox, of 189 High Street, Bendigo. He was a Farm Labourer, aged 21, with no previous military service when he volunteered for service in the Expeditionary Force. He Enlisted in Kerang, and then attested in Bendigo on 19/8/14. He arrived in Broadmeadows Camp on 21.8/14. He was allotted Service no. 893 and appointed to ‘H’ Company, 7th Battalion.
The 7th Battalion left Broadmeadows Camp on 18 October, 1914, and embarked for service overseas on board HMAT ‘Hororata’. Arriving in Egypt the battalion moved into camp at Mena, at the foot of the pyramids. (6/12/14)
In January, 1915, the Australian force was re-organized. In the 7th Battalion ‘G’ and ‘H’ Companies joined to form the new ‘D’ Company. This meant that all the men from Northern Victoria were together in one Company.
The 7th Battalion was part of the force which landed at Anzac Cove on 25th April, 1915. Peter Gordon Cox was Wounded on the first day, sustaining a Bullet/Shrapnel wound to his left cheek. He rejoined the battalion at Anzac on 10/7/15.
On 21st July he left Anzac for Mudros, Lemnos, having been appointed for prisoner escort duty. He returned to Anzac on 7th August and was appointed Lance Corporal the following day.
On August 8th the 7th Battalion moved into position at Lone Pine, preparing to participate in a Diversionary attack on the Turkish trenches on the 400 Plateau. ‘D’ Company, under Lieut. W. J. Symons, was on the left, manning the line from Wood’s Post to Goldenstedt’s Post. Heavy fighting ensued with multiple casualties.
On August 11th the 7th Bn received orders to relieve the 1st Bn at Lone Pine. During the night a party of 40 men was attached to the 4th Bn. They were to suffer considerable casualties, including 22 wounded. Peter Gordon Cox was Wounded (2nd occasion) sustaining a Bomb wound in his arm and leg. He rejoined the battalion on 29/11/15.
In December preparations began for the evacuation of Anzac. The 7th Battalion was withdrawn on the night of December 19th. The battalion embarked for Lemnos and then disembarked in Egypt on 6th January 1916.
Peter Gordon Cox went on to serve on the Western Front. He was Wounded (3rd occasion) in 1916, sustaining GSW to his left leg, resulting in the amputation of his left leg at the thigh. He RTA M.U. on 16/7/17.
“The First Lot. 7th Battalion. The first men of the Bendigo district to volunteer for service in the First World War.”: Larna Malone