| Regimental number | 10/173 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Sansom |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | Waipukurau |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20.2 |
| Height | 5' 11" |
| Weight | 168 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, Edward George Cox, Wanganui |
| Previous military service | Served in B Company, 17th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Masterton |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on |
| Final rank | Private |
| Final unit | Wellington Infantry Battalion |
| Other details | 'Entered the local office of the Loan and Mercantile Company, and was shortly afterwards transferred to Waipukurau. When considerably under military age, he sought leave from his parents to volunteer for service abroad, immediately went to Trentham, and left with the Main Body in the Wellington Infantry Regiment for Egypt, where he saw a certain amount of fighting on the Canal before leaving for Gallipoli. There he landed safely on April 25th, but the fighting was described by him as desperate. Three weeks later he was made Lance-Corporal, but was mortally wounded on May 9th, dying on a hospital ship bound for Alexandria, May 14th, 1915.' (In Memoriam, 1914-1918 [Wanganui Collegiate School]) |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
| Place of burial | At sea |
| Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 75), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Edward George and Louisa Cox, 92 Glasgow Street, Wanganui |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Died of wounds on board HS 'Guildford Castle', 14 May 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body. Second given name incorrectly entered on Nominall Roll as Tunley. |
| Sources | Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21898296 |