Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘Borda’ A 30 for England 29.6.1917.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 26th Reinforcement. 11th Battalion. Australian Imperial Force.
Cox disembarked at Plymouth with the 26th Reinforcement. 11th Battalion 25.8.1917. He marched in to 3rd Training Battalion Base at Durrington 25.8.1917. He was AWOL 2 days and awarded a fine. Cox was admitted to Sutton Veny Hospital with angina.
He proceeded overseas to France with  the Training Battalion from Longbridge, Deverill, 8.5.1918. Cox was transferred to 11th Battalion 13.5.1918. The 11th Battalion fought in the 100 days Offensive near and around Amiens. Cox was wounded in action and then reported Missing 10.8.1918. The Court of Inquiry at Chalelet 20.2.1919 determined that he was KIA 10.8.1918. It was stated he was shot near Messines( AWM Red Cross File) and buried nearby. He is commemorate at Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Area , Picardie, France.
Final Rank Private, 11th Battalion.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes
'While you lie in peaceful sleep
Your memory we will always keep.’
(West Australian Newspaper, In Memoriam 25.7.1918)
Photos HMAT 'Borda'. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph source AWM PB0277
             Larkhill Camp, Durrington, Salisbury, Wiltshire 1915. Postcard
             Road to Amiens 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph AWM E01952
            Villers-Bretonneux Australian Memorial, dedicated in 1938. Photographer unknown, photograph source H17454

Information Source
AWM PB0277. HMAT 'Borda'. Photographer Josiah Barnes, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E01952. Road to Amiens 1918. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM H17454. Villers-Bretonneux Australian Memorial, dedicated in 1938. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll- Albert Ernest Cox
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour – Albert Ernest Cox
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll
NAA: B2455, Cox A E
Postcard. Larkhill Camp, Durrington, Salisbury, Wiltshire.1915
West Australian Newspaper



Queens Park. WA.

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