COX, Archibald
| Service Numbers: | 2306, 3206 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fullerton Cove, New South Wales, Australia, 12 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Fullerton Cove, Port Stephens Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hospital attendant |
| Died: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 5 December 1981, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW |
| Memorials: | Williamtown Public School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2306, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 2306, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 2306, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 7 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3206, 30th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, both feet amputated due to trench feet |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Have I been forgotten?
39 years ago today, on the 7th December 1981, Private Archibald Cox, 30th Battalion (Reg No-2306), hospital attendant from Fullerton Cove, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 86. ANGLICAN 3-231. 51.
Born at Fullerton Cove, New South Wales on the 12th March 1895 to James and Ann Cox; husband of Ruby Evelyn Cox nee Hubbuck (married 1918, Lambton, N.S.W., died 1971), Archie enlisted September 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 10.12.1916 (trench feet, severe), 27.6.1917 (amputation both feet), Archie was invalided home January 1918, being discharged as medically unfit on the 7th February 1918.
Mr Cox’s name has been inscribed on the Williamtown Public School Roll of Honour (unveiled on the 1st December 1917, 33 names now inscribed) and the Williamtown Anglican Church Roll of Honour.
Unfortunately, Archie’s name has not been inscribed on the headstone with his wife Ruby, so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label to honour his service and sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.
Lest We Forget.
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