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Orlando George Cox

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Orlando George AWMM
  • Surname
    Cox AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    12639 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Okarito, South Westland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K. F. Cox (wife), Okarito, South Westland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    12639 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Orlando Cox was the son of Walter Edmond and Mary Ann Cox husband of Kathleen Florence Cox, of Fendalton, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 39 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 14. D. 12. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Uncle Orlando Just a correction to say that we have found your head stone and your history re the battle of"SIDI REZEGH" You did us proud and would have liked to have talked to you as no member of the family did so RIP Orlando God bless Edward ex RNZAF 134184
    Public - EDWARD ARTHUR - Direct descendant - 8 February 2017
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  • I have found you where you lay may God bless you and keep you safe as now I have got our headstone location have your medals which I have mounted from my Mother and Kathleen your wife All of the family Hopgoods,Cox , Sayers RIP ORLANDO I was not born at this time but know a bit about you. R I P
    Public - Edward - Direct descendant - 29 January 2017
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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2096429
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 103 AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • SNZEF1941 Public - EDWARD ARTHUR - Direct descendant - 8 February 2017 - second libyan campaign

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08 February 2017EDWARD ARTHURAUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALANDDirect descendant
29 January 2017EdwardaustraliaDirect descendant

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