Charles Crossley COX

Regimental number35358
Date of birth10 December 1872
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClothier
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 6"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFather, N R Cox, Omahake, Raglan
Previous military serviceServed in 1st Contingent, NZ Mounted Rifles, South African War. At time of NZEF enlistment was serving in No 2 Company, Waikato Mounted Rifles.
Enlistment date30 August 1916
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), New Zealand Rifle Brigade Details, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Opawa on 2 January 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unitJ Company
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 16 November 1917
Discharge date3 February 1918
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Wellington, 2 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 March 1917.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Tidworth, 3 May 1917 (pneumonia); transferred to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 2 June 1917; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 5 June 1917. Discharged on leave, 24 August 1917, to report to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 4 September 1917.

Classified 'unfit for further service', and placed on NZ Roll, 25 September 1917.

Marched out to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 7 November 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board 'Ruahine', 16 November 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 3 February 1918.

Total war service: 1 year 157 days (of which 1 year 5 days was abroad)

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 49, p. 15
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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