COX, Colin Charles
| Service Number: | PM2920 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Goorangai |
| Born: | Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, 17 January 1913 |
| Home Town: | Brighton East, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Official National Bank |
| Died: | Presumed drowned, Port Phillip Bay, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1940, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton War Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Queenscliff HMAS Goorangai Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Signalman, PM2920, HMAS Goorangai | |
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| 19 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM2920 | |
| 20 Nov 1940: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM2920, HMAS Goorangai |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles Cavendish Cox and Grace Cox, of East Brighton, Victoria, Australia.
BATSMAN IN TRAGEDY
Brighton cricketers and Prahran base-ballers learned with regret that one of the victims in the mine-sweeping tragedy last week was Colin Cox. Last year Cox, who was a bank official, made a brilliant 221 not out for Brighton. This season he was also in form and made 79 in the last match He was also a promising baseballer in the Prahran team. He was a member of the RAN Reserve, and had been called up only a week before.
SIGNALMAN C. C. Cox, who lost his life when the mine-sweeper, Goorangai, sank after a collision in the Rip, was well-known in Donald, where he was formerly attached to the staff of the National Bank. As a member of the A.N.A. cricket team he was the leading batsman and could always be relied upon to hit up a fair score. As a mark of respect the team wore black armbands in its match on Saturday. In 1938 he played with the Donald football team, and was a particularly good performer on the back and forward lines, being, in addition to a good high mark, able to turn and kick effectively with both feet. His many friends in Donald regret his death in such tragic circumstances.
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