Albert Charles COX

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	5 September 1915
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	14th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Coolah, New South Wales, Australia , 24 November 1892
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Sharebroker's Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, France, 20 July 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I. Row F. Grave 27. Inscription: THY WILL BE DONE
Memorials:	Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

5 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer, Depot Battalion
16 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Infantry Battalion
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney
10 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 14th Machine Gun Company, T.O.S. from 4th Infantry Battalion
21 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Machine Gun Company
19 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 14th Machine Gun Company, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Canada"
25 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 14th Machine Gun Company, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 14th Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 14th Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 14th Machine Gun Company, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 14 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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