COX, Thomas Alfred
| Service Number: | 6332 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Charlton, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Memorials: | Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. John's Presbyterian Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6332, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6332, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Armadale, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Larna Malone
Thomas Alfred Cox was born in Charlton, Victoria, the son of Thomas and Mrs Cox. The family later moved to Bendigo, where they lived at 14 Nettle St Bendigo.
Thomas Alfred Cox was the youngest of the three Cox brothers and the second to enlist. He was an Electrician, and 21 years and 5 months old when he enlisted in Melbourne on 2.10.15. He was described as being 5’ 2” in height, with a medium complexion, brown eyes and dark hair.
He spent two months at 24 Depot, Royal Park, as a Sapper and then moved to 16 Depot Battalion in Bendigo (2.12.15) On 15.12.15 he was appointed to the 15th Reinforcements for the 2nd Field Company Engineers, with Service No. 6332. He embarked for overseas on 21.3.16.
On 24.4.16 he disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt, and joined the Reinforcements at Tel-el-Kebir. He embarked for France on 16.8.16 and joined 2nd Field Company Australian Engineers on 7.9.16. During September,1916, whilst at Ypres in Belgium, his foot was scratched by a shell fragment. He carried on, but 3 weeks later the scratch became septic and he was admitted to hospital. (2.10.16.) He was transferred to hospital in England on 8.10.16 with a diagnosis of Cellulitis in the Left foot, resulting from an accident. He was discharged from hospital on 7.11.16 and sent to Australian Details No 3 Camp, Parkhouse. He re-joined 2nd Field Company Engineers in France on 23.5.17. On 1.11.17 he was appointed Lance Corporal.
The Armistice for the end of hostilities came on 11th November, 1918.
On 10th January, 1919, Thomas Alfred Cox was admitted to hospital with Tonsillitis. A week later the diagnosis was altered to Scarlet Fever. He was transferred to England and admitted to the King George Hospital in London (25.2.19) with a diagnosis of Cerebro Spinal Fever (i.e. Meningococcal Meningitis). He embarked for Australia on 12.5.19.
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