Henry William COX

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COX, Henry William

Service Numbers:	2606, 2606A
Enlisted:	20 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Crabbes Creek, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1899
Home Town:	Burringbar, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling:	Cudgera Creek State School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Pozières, France, 12 August 1916, aged 16 years
Cemetery:	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension grave VII.B.47, Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, Warloy-Baillon, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burringbar War Memorial, Murwillumbah War Memorial

World War 1 Service

20 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2606, Brisbane, Queensland
21 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2606, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2606, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
25 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Infantry Battalion
29 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2606A, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2606A awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-12
12 Aug 1916:	Wounded Private, 2606A, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Shell wound (shattered left ankle, fractured right leg, and shoulder wound)

2606A Pte. Henry William Cox

Henry is listed on the Boy soldiers roll of honour for the first world war. His true date of birth was 27th November 1899. He also had a twin sister named Ellse. He first joined the AIF in Lismore in August and was discharged in October after his mother wrote to the Army and revealed his true age was not yet 16. The following day he re-enlisted in Brisbane and was embarked on the H.M.A.T. Seang Bee from Brisbane on the 21/10/1915. Henry was originally assigned to the 25th Battalion with whom he embarked from Brisbane. Then on 04 Mar 1916 he was transferred to the 9th Infantry Battalion briefly before before being transferred to the 47th Battalion on 29 May 1916.

Henry was wounded in action on 12 Aug 1916 at Pozières, and he died that same day at the 13th Field Ambulance, aged just 16 years and 9 months. Henry was buried at Warloy-baillon communal cemetery extension France in Plot VII B 47.

Henry was one of 11 children of James S. Cox and Mary Margaret Cox (nee Rice) who lived in the Murwillumbah/Burringbah region of New South Wales.

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