Frederick Edwin COXON

COXON , Frederick Edwin

Service Number: 3067
Enlisted: 5 August 1915
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
Born: Clare, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Gilles Street School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation: Printer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Board (Original), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sevenhill & Penwortham District War Memorial WW1, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

5 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 27th Infantry Battalion
12 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 3067, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
12 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 3067, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Adelaide

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NOTE:  The Family Name on the Embarkation is incorrect. The Family Name as per the Attestation Papers is COXON. This record has been amended to accord with the name as recorded in the Attestation Papers. The correction undertaken by the Virtual War Memorial Australia chief Moderator, April 2016.