Charles COX

COX, Charles

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: 16 October 1939
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No.1 Elementary Flying Training School Parafield
Born: North Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1895
Home Town: Balwyn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Salisbury, South Australia, 19 March 1940, aged 44 years
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Victoria Cremation Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer
16 Oct 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, No.1 Elementary Flying Training School Parafield
16 Oct 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Charles Lane Cox and Marion Jane Cox

Husband of Violet Eleanor Cox of North Balwyn, Victoria

 

Metal Moth aircraft A7-72 of Number 1 Elementary Flying Training School Parafield crashed 3 miles north of Salisbury, SA killing Air Cadet Robin Overton Bowron and Flying Officer Charles Cox (neither officer had been allocated a service number)