Clive Mortimer COX MID

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Service Numbers:	VX108117, V145715
Enlisted:	13 August 1942
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	2nd/14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1 October 1903
Home Town:	Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Schooling:	Wesley College, Melbourne, Victoria - Ormond College University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Presbyterian Minister of Religion
Died:	Died of wounds, New Guinea, 28 December 1942, aged 39 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grav No: Section A. Plot 6. Row D. Grave 25. Inscription: "LOVE CONQUERS ALL"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Barton St Andrew's Presbyterian Church Ministers Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice, Berrigan Hospital War Memorial, Melbourne Scots Church Chaplains Memorial Plaque, Melbourne Scots Church Chaplains Who Gave Their Lives Memorial Plaque

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement VX108117
15 Jan 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, V145715, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in the Australian Military Forces (A.M.F.).
13 Aug 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, VX108117, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion
28 Dec 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Captain, 2nd/14th Infantry Battalion, On December 28, 1942, in New Guinea, Chaplain Cox was shot by a Japanese sniper while burying Australian soldiers killed in an earlier battle, and later died from his wounds.

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