Arthur Clement COX

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COX, Arthur Clement

Service Number:	SX1411
Enlisted:	3 November 1939
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/8th Field Ambulance
Born:	Redruth (now Burra), South Australia, 2 August 1916
Home Town:	Cummins, Lower Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	25 November 1979, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia War Graves Section; Row E; Grave 21
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World War 2 Service

3 Nov 1939:	Involvement Corporal, SX1411, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Port Lincoln, SA
3 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX1411, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance
12 Nov 1945:	Discharged
12 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, SX1411, 2nd/8th Field Ambulance

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Biography

Rootsweb ID: I477570 Birth Record: 2 Aug 1916 in Redruth, South Australia (Now Burra)

Father: Herbert COX (b: 19/7/1874 in Kooringa, Burra, SA - d. 4/5/1945 Burra SA)
Married: 27/9/1873 Redruth, SA
Mother: Edith Mary CLODE (b: 27/9/1873 in Redruth, SA - d. 17/8/1931 in Aberdeen, SA)

Siblings:
Edward Merlyn COX b: 8/11/1896 in Redruth, SA
Herbert Vincent COX b: 7/10/1898 in Redruth, SA
Frank Gladstone COX b: 5/10/1900 in Redruth, SA
Edith Eileen COX b: 15/6/1903 in Redruth, SA
Fanny Myra COX b: 24/8/1905 in St Peters, SA
Jean Gertrude COX b: 24/8/1905 in St Peters, SA
Melwin Ewart COX b: 16/11/1906 in Redruth, SA
Amy Catherline COX b: 17/5/1909 in Redruth, SA
Edith Mary COX b: 19/7/1911 in Redruth, SA
Erica Lorna COX b: 21/12/1913 in Redruth, SA
Arthur Clement COX b: 2/8/1916 in Redruth, SA

Described on enlisting as 23yrs 2mths old; single; 5' 8.5" tall; medium complexion;
dark hair; lived at Cummins, SA; Methodist

3/11/1939 enlisted at Port Lincoln, SA

3/11/1939 posted to 2/10th Battalion

5/5/1940 embarked onboard HMT x4 from Sydney, NSW
10/6/1940 disembarked into Gourock, Scotland

21/7/1940 admitted to hospital
22/7/1940 discharged

17/11/1940 embarked onboard HMT L13, Glasgow, Scotland
3/12/1940 disembarked into Middle East

21/5/1941 appointed Lance Corporal in 2/10th Battalion

21/12/1941   transferred to 2/8 Australian Field Ambulance
                    taken on strength
4/7/1942       marched out to AAMC Training unit
17/7/1942     marched out to AIF FIeld Ambulance Staging Camp

2/11/1942     wounded in action - gun shot wound right forearm
3/11/1942     evacuated to 7th Australian General Hospital
19/11/1942   discharged to Staging Camp
12/12/1942    taken on strength to 2/8th Field Ambulance

26/1/1943 embarked Middle East
27/2/1943 disembarked into Sydney, NSW

2/6/1943 1st Australian Army Cookery School

26/7/1943 Embarked Cairns QLD, onboard SS Van Der Liza
30/7/1943 disembarked Milne Bay, New Guinea

12/10/1943    sick with Malaria - admitted 2/8 Australian Field Ambulance
18/10/1943    evacuated to 2/3 Australian Casualty Clearing Station
26/10/1943    taken on strength into 2/8 Field Ambulance

20/12/1943 Graded Acting Group 1 Cook

10/2/1944 embarked onboard Anhice, New Guinea
1/2/1944 disembarked into Brisbane, QLD

6/3/1944 evacuated to 105 Adelaide Military Hospital - whilst on leave
21/3/1944 discharged from hospital to SA LofC Area General details

21/5/1945 promoted to Corporal Cook

2/6/1945 embarked Morotai per LCI 701 for service in British North Borneo
15/10/1945 transferred to HS IBSADD

15/10/1945 embarked onboard Robert T Hill, ex Labuan
19/10/1945 disembarked Morotai

22/10/1945    embarked onboard Kanimbla for mailand
                     marched out to SA GDD for discharge
12/11/1945     marched out to SA Discharge Depot

25/11/1979    passed away
buried in:       Port Pirie Cemetery
                    War Graves Section; Row E; Grave 21

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 10/5/2016. Lest we forget.

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