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COX, John Joseph
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | B/2440, B2440 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
17 Nov 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B2440, HMAS Perth (I) D29 WW2 | |
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17 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Brisbane | |
17 Nov 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, B/2440 |
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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