Sydney Douglas COX

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Service Numbers:	2130, 1126
Enlisted:	18 September 1914, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, 1890
Home Town:	Sale, Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling:	Broomy Hill Academy, Hereford, England
Occupation:	Grazier
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli

18 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2130, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sale, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1126, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1126, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
8 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 2130, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2130 awm_unit: 6th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-08

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Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

Son of Harry and Elizabeth Cox of 20 Manners Road, Ilkstone, Derbyshire. Brother of Edith Millward nee Cox

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

He was able to speak thre languages as well as being ab le to write shorthand. When he enlisted he was managing a property in the Sale area

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