COX, Harold Robert Irving
| Service Number: | 689 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 January 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 21 August 1915 |
| Home Town: | Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Parkes, New South Wales, Australia, 16 June 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 5, New South Wales Cremation Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 689 | |
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| 8 Jan 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 689 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Harold and Agnes Cox of Wollongong, NSW
RAAF Dakota aircraft A30-7 of Number 2 Wireless and Gunnery School crashed a quarter mile from the north boundary of Parkes aerodrome (incident covered in book “Allied Air Transport Operations South West Pacific Area in WWII - Volume 1” by Robert H. Kelly)
Two members of the crew died in the crash with another two succumbing to their injuries over the following days:
Flight Lieutenant Norman Charles Philip Blight (2nd pilot) 366 (died 15/6)
Sergeant William Charles Arthur 61516 (died 15/6)
Flying Officer Harold Robert Irving Cox 689 (died 16/6)
Pilot Officer Cyril Richard Neil Lewis 3889 (1st pilot) (died 20/6)
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