Joseph Christopher Cox
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COX, Joseph Christopher [1]
Service no: 6063
Place of birth: March, 1890
Address: Mayfields, Dubbo
Occupation: Labourer
Next of kin: Francis Cox (father), later Martha Cox (mother), Mayfields, Cobbora Road, Dubbo, later c/- J. Douglas, Dora Street, East Orange
Date of enlistment: 10 October 1916
Place of enlistment: Dubbo
Age at enlistment: 26
Fate: Proceeded to Dubbo camp 10 October 1916. Transferred to Liverpool camp 16 October 1916. Embarked HMAT A8 Argyllshire, Sydney, 30 October 1916. Disembarked Plymouth 10 January 1917. Marched in to Rollestone 11 January 1917. Proceeded to France 15 March 1917. Marched out to unit, Etaples, 19 March 1917. Wounded in action sustaining gunshot wounds to the arm and right leg 5 May 1917. Embarked Warilda for England 17 May 1917. Admitted to 4th Southern General Hospital, Plymouth, 18 May 1917. Discharged from 4th Southern General Hospital 20 June 1917. Reported to depot at Perham Downs 4 July 1917. Departed Southampton, England 26 July 1917 Arrived Le Havre, France, 31 July 1917. Rejoined unit 14 August 1917. Reported to be missing in action Belgium 22 September 1917. Reported to have been killed in action, Beaurevoir Wood, Belgium on 18 September 1917 following a court of enquiry on 29 September 1917.
Date of death: 18 September 1917
Buried: Hooge Crater Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium, Plot VI, Row E, Grave 14/15