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COX, Fergus Robert

Service Numbers:	1544, Q228791
Enlisted:	10 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Lagoon Creek, Queensland, Australia, 17 October 1895
Home Town:	Jimbour, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier
Died:	Natural Causes, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 12 April 1982, aged 86 years
Cemetery:	Polson Cemetery, Qld
Memorials:	Yuleba Cenotaph War Memorial

World War 1 Service

10 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1544, 11th Light Horse Regiment
13 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 11th Light Horse Regiment
19 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
19 Sep 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
12 Aug 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, First Class Air Mechanic, 1544, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), 1st MD

World War 2 Service

13 Jun 1942:	Involvement Private, Q228791, Page missing from Enlistment Register
13 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q228791, 19th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
13 Jun 1942:	Enlisted
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, Q228791, 19th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged

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