Lance Corporal

William Edwin Batchelor Cox

MM

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Elizabeth Emma Wolfe (formerly Cox), of 2, Sutherland St., Pimlico, London, England, and the late Walter Batchelor Cox.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
13/2173
Name:
William Edwin Batchelor Cox
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs E. Woolfe (mother), 9 Great Peabody Avenue, Ebury Bridge, London S.W., England
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Care of Mr McGregor, Ohaupo, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Mounted Machine Gun Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds received 25th Nov
Date of Death:
04 December 1917
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
D. 96.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
William Edwin Batchelor Cox
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