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COX, Rupert Carlyle
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX32585 |
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Enlisted: | 25 June 1940 |
Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
Born: | Jemarre, New Zealand, 27 June 1909 |
Home Town: | Shellharbour Village, Shellharbour, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Waimataitai School, New Zealand |
Occupation: | Baker |
Died: | Illness while a POW of the Japanese, Borneo, 13 April 1945, aged 35 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Wagga Wagga Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
25 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Gunner, NX32585 |
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World War 2 Service
25 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, NX32585, 2nd/15th Field Regiment | |
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13 Apr 1945: | Involvement Lance Sergeant, NX32585, 2nd/15th Field Regiment |
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