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Cox A B     2nd Lt

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Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Lieutenant Alan Cox in his pre-war militia uniform.  Courtesy of the North Essendon Methodist Church.

 

Cox A B          2nd Lt        Alan Birchenall                     6 Inf Bn    20    Salesman    Single    ..        

Address:   Caulfield, Narong Rd, “St Clair”    

Next of Kin:    Cox, P W J, “St Clair”, Narong Rd, Caulfield    

Enlisted:    24 Aug 1914        

Embarked:     A20 Hororata 19 Oct 1914    

 

Relatives on Active Service:

Cox L A Driver 14351 brother

 

Date of death:  08/05/1915

CWGC:  "Son of Thomas William James Cox and Susan Emma Pearce Cox, of Railway Station,

Ballarat. Of Kew, Victoria, Australia".

REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES

 

 

Mentioned in this publication:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Empire

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon State School

North Essendon Methodist Church

 

 

 

The Age   24 May 1915

 

 

The Melbourne Herald  22 May 1915

 

Above extracts courtesy of Kim Phillips, Spirits of Gallipoli website

 

In Memoriam

 

COX.-In loving memory of our dear son and

brother, Lieutenant Alan B. Cox, 6th Battalion,

2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st A.I.F., killed in action

at Cape Helles on 8th May, 1915. ("St. Clair,"

Narong road, Caulfield.)

The Argus 8 May 1916

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2110446

 

COX. - In loving memory of our dear son and  

brother, Lieut. Alan B. Cox, who fell in action

at Cape Helles (Dardanelles), on the 8th May,

1915. 

-(St. Claire, Narong road, Caulfield.)

The Argus 8 May 1917

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1616131

 

No further entries in The Argus to 1920.

 

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