COX, William
| Service Number: | 195 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Charters Towers Boer War Memorial Kiosk |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 195, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 195, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 8 Sep 1900: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 195, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier, notes invalided due to Enteric Fever returned to Australia aboard Damascus arriving Brisbane 1 Sep 1900, discharged 8 Sep 1900. |
Help us honour William Cox's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William Cox enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private W. Cox, single, Ormsby House, Charters Towers. He was invalided from service returning to Brisbane where he was discharged on 8 Sep 1900. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 31, it is noted his address address post discharge as at 29 Jan 1901 was Kunanalling P.O., Western Australia.
Report in The Evening Telegraph (Charters Towers), 14 Oct 1910, on the opening of the Lissner Park Memorial Kiosk (Boer War Memorial) notes his name is included on the marble tablet contain names of men from Charters Towers who served in the 1st QMI.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 452; National Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 31).
Click images to start slideshow.