COX, David Patrick
| Service Number: | 1897 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1915, 7th Squadron |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Australian Remount Unit |
| Born: | Tarcutta, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1879 |
| Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stock Inspector |
| Died: | Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia, 2 November 1940, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 1897, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, 7th Squadron | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 1897, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked Trooper, 1897, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 29 Apr 1916: | Embarked Trooper, 1897, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, per Seeang Bee from Suez | |
| 26 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Trooper, 1897, 2nd Australian Remount Unit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
David was the thriteenth of eighteen children of John Mathew Cox (born 1842 at Bungle Creek near Tumut in NSW) and Mary Bridget Roohan (born 1843 at Bramlow Hill in Camden, NSW). John and Mary married in Wagga Wagga, NSW in 1858 and settled at Livingstone Gully Station at Tarcutta Creek in NSW where John was a Pastoralist until shortly before his death in 1909.
David was raised at Livingstone Gully Station, and by 1897 was working as a Stockman on stations in the region. By 1905 David was a Station Manager at Tarcutta near Wagga Wagga NSW, and in 1907 he married Lillian Maud Wakely (born 1876 in Sydney, NSW) in Paddington, Sydney NSW. David and Lillian were living in Strathfield NSW - where David was a Vet Inspector - when he enlisted (in Brisbane, QLD) in the AIF in 1915. David served as a Trooper (Service No:1897) with 7th Squadron 2nd Australian Remount Unit.
Following his Discharge in 1916, David returned to NSW and his work as a Vet (Stock) Inspector, which took him frequently out to regional areas. Lillian died in 1938 in Bankstown, NSW, and David in 1940