George COX

Regimental number12/1849
Date of birth25 August 1888
Place of birthBurton-on-Trent, England
AddressHikurangi, Whangarei
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mildred Cox, Mount Road, Hikurangi, Whangarei
Previous military serviceHad previous military service (Attestation Form illegible).
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTwelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Elizabeth Cox; Wife: Mildred Cox, Thames
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 12 April 1915.

Wounded and missing in action, 8 May 1915.

'Enquiries made in Egypt and England: no trace. Now believed dead on or about 8 May 1915.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsAuckland Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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