Herbert John COX

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Service Number:	3303
Enlisted:	9 August 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Higham, Somerset, 1877
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Died of Wounds - Shell wounds to the legs and forearm, France, 11 May 1918
Cemetery:	Borre British Cemetery Plot 1, Row C, Grave 5, Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3303, Enlisted at Perth, WA
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3303, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3303, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
11 May 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3303, Shell wounds to the legs and right forearm

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Residential address at the time of enlistment was 205 Fitzgerald Street, Perth, WA

Next of kin was given as his sister, S. Cox of Woolwich, England

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