COX, Barry Mortimer
| Service Number: | 260706 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 February 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Summer HIll, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 October 1915 |
| Home Town: | Canberra, Australian Capital Territory |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Stockbrokers Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 28 April 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 260706 | |
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| 12 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 260706, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 28 Apr 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 260706, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Barry Mortimer COX was born in Summer Hill in Sydney on 9th October, 1915
His parents were James Paul Gee COX & Kathleen Isobel PHILPS who married in Sydney in 1915
He married Alwynne Theodora STEPHENS in Sydney in 1940 - daughter Susan Amanda
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His father James Paul Gee COX served as a Lieutenant during WW1 with the 14th Light Horse Regiment and died on 19th September, 1918
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Lieutenant Cox 260706 (706) of 75SQN RAAF was killed when Kittyhawk A29-47 was shot down near Port Moresby, New Guinea intercepting a force of Japanese bombers with fighter escort - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial
The Commanding Officer of 75SQN - Squadron Leader John Francis Jackson 493 DFC, MID - was also killed in this action while flying Kittyhawk A29-8
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