COX, Edward
| Service Number: | 181 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, NSW, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Toronto, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Toronto Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Toronto Public School Pupils HB, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 181, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 181, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 181, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Son of Thomas Limer Cox and his wife Sarah Harris, of Toronto, New South Wales
Edward COX, (Service Number 181) was born at Maitland about 1891 and enlisted at Liverpool in January 1915. He joined the 17th Battalion.
He left Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Themistocles’ on 12th May 1915. He disembarked in Egypt and left Alexandria on 16th August for Gallipoli. He was reported missing on 27th August but re-joined his unit the next day. After the evacuation of Gallipoli in mid-December he returned to Alexandria via Mudros (on the Greek Island of Lemnos) and re-embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force on 17th March. He reached France through Marseilles and became missing in action at Bullecourt on 3rd May. In November a Court of Enquiry ruled that he was in fact killed in action although his body was never recovered. Evidence from Sergeant McCallum was that he had seen him killed outright by a shell.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board