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Ernest Wilkin Cox

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Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434. Image provided by John Halpin 2016, CC BY John Halpin 2016

Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434. Image provided by John Halpin 2016, CC BY John Halp …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Wilkin AWMM
  • Surname
    Cox AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 12/700 AWMM
    • WWI 12/710 AWMM
    • WWI 12/710 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
    WW1 Rotoorangi, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 E.B. Cox, Rotoorangi, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 12/700 AWMM
    • WWI 12/710 AWMM
    • WWI 12/710 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 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Ernest Cox was the son of Edmund Blackford Cox and Davis Anne Cox, of Hamilton Rd., Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand.

      Serial Number appears as 12/700 in Nominal Rolls, as 12/710 in Archives New Zealand AWMM
    • Date of birth for Ernest 11/04/1893. Mothers name David Anne Cox. Public - Jennifer Mary - Other Relative - 27 April 2015 - Cox family bible from David Anne Cox. Passed to me by my grandmother.
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 April 1915 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
    • Cambridge War Memorial, Queen Street, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
    • Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
    • Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
    • Cambridge World War One War Memorials AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
28 August 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
27 April 2015Jennifer MaryHamilton, new zealandOther Relative

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