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John Branch COX

Regimental number5299
Place of birthMount Torrens, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressNorseman, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinCousin, Miss Mary Branch, 34 Milligan Street, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date31 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameSeptember 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 29 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Tunnelling Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 31 March 1916 - 11th BN, 20th Reinforcements; taken on strength 3 Tun. Coy, 15 June 1917; wounded 8 July 1917.
FateDied of disease 3 November 1918
Age at death46
Place of burialTerlincthun British Cemetery (Plot IX, Row C, Grave No. 12), Wimille, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Family/military connectionsDied of carcinoma of the lungs.

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