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Claude James Gratton Cox

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 79), Page: 5 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 79), Page: 5 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Claude James Gratton AWMM
  • Surname
    Cox AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 66189 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Hannah - Direct descendant - 15 April 2019 - Military Personnel File

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 January 1885 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    5 January 1885 Public - Hannah - Direct descendant - 2 May 2019 - Archway Archives New Zealand. COX, Claude James Gratton- WW1 66189- Army, http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13392338
  • Place of birth
    Wellington, New Zealand Public - Hannah - Direct descendant - 2 May 2019 - Archway Archives New Zealand. COX, Claude James Gratton- WW1 66189- Army, http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13392338
  • Birth notes
    Born 'Flood', and changed to 'Cox'. Birth parents were Thomas Augustine Flood and Mary Cecelia Flood Public - Hannah - Direct descendant - 2 May 2019 - NZ Births and Deaths. Registration Number: 1895/6979
  • Address before enlistment
    Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand Public - Hannah - Direct descendant - 2 May 2019 - Archway Archives New Zealand. COX, Claude James Gratton- WW1 66189- Army, http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13392338
  • Post war occupation
    Clerk Public - Hannah - Direct descendant - 2 May 2019 - Archway Archives New Zealand. COX, Claude James Gratton- WW1 66189- Army, http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13392338
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Constable M. Cox (father), Johnsonville, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 66189 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
    • 5 May 1917 Public - Hannah - Direct descendant - 23 May 2019 - Archives New Zealand, COX, Claude James Gratton - WW1 66189 - Army, http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13392338
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Clerk with the Public Trust Office, N.Z. Government, Wellington. Public - Hannah - Direct descendant - 23 May 2019 - Archives New Zealand, COX, Claude James Gratton - WW1 66189 - Army, http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13392338
  • Age on enlistment
    22 years old Public - Hannah - Direct descendant - 23 May 2019 - Archives New Zealand, COX, Claude James Gratton - WW1 66189 - Army, http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13392338

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Moeraki then Transhipped to "Ormonde" at Sydney for Suez. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Remembering Uncle Claude with love and affection and the many wonderful holidays I spent as a child with his wife Auntie Rona and family in Rotorua. There was always great hospitality and laughter. Uncle Claude had a droll sense of humour which he passed on to his 6 children. RIP Kaye
    Public - Kaye Frances - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 May 2019HannahAucklandDirect descendant
25 April 2015Kaye Frances Wellington NZOther Relative

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