COX, Reginald Thomas
| Service Number: | 410 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, 10 December 1890 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Draper |
| Died: | Natural causes, Concord Repat Hospital, New South Wales, 20 March 1956, aged 65 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Cremated 22 Mar 1956 - Southern Porte Cochere - Wall Of Memories Panel A-0041 |
| Memorials: | Wagga Wagga Victory Memorial Arch |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 410, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 410, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 410, 1st Field Artillery Brigade, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 25 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 410, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (neck) | |
| 3 Oct 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 410, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, 2nd occasion - GSW (ankle) | |
| 13 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 410, 10th Field Artillery Brigade , "The Last Hundred Days", 3rd occasion (Air raid, remaining on duty) | |
| 3 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Staff Sergeant, 410, 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
Prominent Grafton Businessman
Reginald Cox was a prominent Newsagent & Stationer in Grafton, NSW, for many years and at one time president of the Far North Coast Newsagents' Association. Mr Cox was actively involved in the community. He was a valued member to the Grafton Hospital Committee for 15 years. He was a great supporter of sport in Grafton and enjoyed lawn bowls. He was an alderman of Grafton City Council for two periods; December 1920 to December 1922 and September 1923 to August 1925.
He enlisted with the Australian Army for service during WWI on August 24, 1914. He embarked from Sydney on board Transport A8 "Argyllshire" on October 18, 1914 and returned to Australia on October 8, 1918. He was wounded on active service on three occasions.
Mr Cox was the only son of Thomas and Margaret Winifred Cox, and married Olive Virgo Matthews, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs H. C. Matthews of Lindfield, on September 27, 1919. Olive died suddenly at Yamba on January 10, 1937 aged 48 years. His second marriage was to Doris Priestly Wilshire, in Sydney in 1945.
His death occurred in Concord Repatriation Hospital on Tuesday March 20, 1956, late of Braeside Avenue, Penshurst. He was survived by his second wife Doris, daughter Judith (Mrs Brickwood), son Ross and stepdaughter June (Mrs McDonald).
Submitted 13 December 2016 by John Johnston