Stanley George COX

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COX, Stanley George

Service Number:	TX3205
Enlisted:	11 June 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	50th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia, 20 May 1917
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Prospect, Tasmania, Australia , 8 June 2011, aged 94 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania
Memorials:	Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance

World War 2 Service

11 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX3205
11 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, TX3205, 6 Division Reinforcements
29 Dec 1940:	Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, TX3205, per Mauretania ex Melbourne for Colombo ITD 6 Division Reinforcements
27 Feb 1941:	Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 18th Australian Infantry Training Battalion, Middle East
3 Sep 1941:	Transferred Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 50th Infantry Battalion
23 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, TX3205, Headquarters 9 Australian Division
23 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, TX3205

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Stanley was the eighth of ten children of Arthur William Cox (born 1877 in Wynyard, Tasmania) and Edith Laura Wright (born 1880 in Longford, Tasmania). Arthur, a Farmer, and Edith married in 1903 in Wynyard, Tasmania.

Stan was a Labourer in Wynyard, Tasmania in June 1940 when he enlisted in the Australian Army. Stan, a Private (Service No: TX3205) served with HQ 9 Australian Division Employment Platoon, 18 Australian Infantry Training Battalion and 12/50th Infantry Battalion. He served in the Middle East (29 December 1940 - 22 February 1943), New Guinea (1 August 1943 - 1 March 1944), and North Borneo ( 15 March 1945 - 30 October 1946).

Younger brother Harold Lindsay served in WWII with 2/40 Battalion (Service No: TX5868) and was a PoW in Thailand from 1942 - 1945.

Stan married Dorothy May Whish-Wilson (born 1928 in Launceston, Tasmania) following his Discharge in 1945 and they settled in St Leonard's in Bass, Tasmania where Stan worked for the Bass Canning Company as a Welder. Dorothy died in 1989 and Stan in 2011

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