Peter Gordon COX

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Service Number:	893
Enlisted:	19 August 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Macorna, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Kerang, Gannawarra, Victoria
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

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19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 893, 7th Infantry Battalion
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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