Francis Xavier COX

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Service Number:	VX100864
Enlisted:	9 September 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, 27 June 1918
Home Town:	Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria
Schooling:	De La Salle Boy's College, Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Auto Mechanic / Burner Brick Kilns
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 22 June 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot QQ. Row B. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX100864
9 Sep 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX100864
11 May 1944:	Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion

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