Eric Theophiles COX

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Service Number:	N294186
Enlisted:	22 June 1942, Tingha, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born:	Tingha, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1924
Home Town:	Tingha, Guyra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tin Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 9 July 1943, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot R. Row D. Grave 9. Personal Inscription ~ "HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HUMANITY".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Private, N294186, Tingha, New South Wales
22 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N294186, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
9 Jul 1943:	Involvement Private, N294186, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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