COX, James George
| Service Number: | 1731426 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) |
| Born: | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 4 May 1945 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | ABC Film assistant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, South Vietnam, 26 June 1967, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rockhampton Crematorium, Qld Plot Wall 6 Niche 2, |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Pathway of Honour - 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cawarral Cockscomb Veterans Memorial, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place, Port Pirie Vietnam Veterans Honour Wall, Rockhampton National Servicemen's Memorial , Seymour Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Walk Roll of Honour, Sydney 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment Vietnam Killed on Active Service Plaque |
Vietnam War Service
| 8 Apr 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1731426, 7th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (7RAR) | |
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| 8 Apr 1967: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 1731426 |
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Birth: May 4, 1945
Rockhampton
Queensland, Australia
Death: Jun. 26, 1967, Vietnam
1731426 Private James George Cox.
He was a National Serviceman. He was a film assistant with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation when he was called up in February, 1966.
He served in Vietnam with the 7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, from the 8th April 1967 until his death on the 26th June 1967. Age 22.
James Cox died at 8th Field Ambulance of wounds received in Phuoc Tuy Province on the 26th June 1967.
Official Commemoration Rockhampton Crematorium, Queensland Wall 6 – Niche 2
Information from Find a Grave Memorial
Too Dearly Loved To Ever Be Forgotten
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