John Joseph COX

COX, John Joseph

Service Numbers: B/2440, B2440
Enlisted: 17 November 1939, Brisbane
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 June 1918
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, Sunda Strait, Netherlands East Indies, 1 March 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Plymouth Naval Memorial Plymouth, Plymouth Unitary Authority, Devon, England Panel 75 Col 2
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Fremantle HMAS Perth (I) Memorial, Kangaroo Point H.M.A.S. Moreton Honour Roll, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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World War 2 Service

17 Nov 1939: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B2440, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2
17 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Brisbane
17 Nov 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B/2440

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Biography

Son of Mary Cox , brother of Bernadette Moore (nee Cox) of 25 Cornwall Street Dutton Park Brisbane

Uncle of Michael Moore, Mountain Creek, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

Member of the Fab 4 with Jim Nelson, Cliff Langford and Vic Brand