COX, Reginald Belmore
| Service Number: | 956 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Australian Horse |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 1869 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Pneumonia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 24 January 1900 |
| Cemetery: |
Mudgee General Cemetery, New South Wales RC L |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mudgee South African (Boer) War Memorial Rotunda |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 956 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 956, 1st Australian Horse |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Reginald Belmore COX was born in Mudgee, New South Wales in 1869
His parents were George Henry COX and Henrietta Jane COX who married in Mudgee on 22st June 1853 - they had 5 sons & 7 daughters
He died in the Port Adelaide Casualty Hospital en route to South Africa when he was put ashore from the ship Surrey suffering from pneumonia
His funeral was held in St Pauls Church in Adelaide, SA and then his body was transported to NSW for burial in the Anglican Section of the Mudgee General Cemetery - he was given a full Military Funeral
Reginalds name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Mudgee South African War Rotunda Memorial
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