Joseph Claude COX

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Service Numbers:	1661, 1616
Enlisted:	16 March 1916, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Near Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Milparinka, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Noreuil, France, 2 April 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Noreuil Australian Cemetery Special Memorial. One of 82 graves destroyed by shellfire later in the war
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

16 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1661, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1661, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' 50th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/67/3 Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 11 April 1916
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1661, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
20 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1661, 50th Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1616, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil, AWM WW1 Roll Of Honour: imported - 9 Jun 2022, Roll: Roll of Honour, CONFLICT: First World War, 1914-1918, NAME: Cox, Joseph Claude, SERVICE: Australian Imperial Force, SERVICE_NUMBER: 1661, UNIT: 50th Australian Infantry Battalion, RANK: Private, DATE_OF_DEATH: 2/4/1917, CAUSE_OF_DEATH: Killed in action, PLACE_OF_DEATH: France, AGE_AT_DEATH: 22, CEMETERY_MEMORIAL: Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie, France, PLACE_OF_ASSOCIATION: Milparinka, New South Wales, Australia, ALIAS: , PANEL NUMBER: 150

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