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Full Name
Rifleman Robert James Cox
Rank Last Held
Rifleman
Forename(s)
Robert James
Surname
Cox
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
25/740
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Rifleman
Occupation before Enlistment
Farmer
Next of Kin
R. Cox (father), Matatoki, Thames Valley, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit
3rd Battalion, A Company
Embarkation Date
5 February 1916
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
24
Page on Nominal Roll
3
Campaigns
Battle of Messines
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Place of Death
Belgium
Date of Death
7 June 1917
Year of Death
1917
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Cemetery Name
Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Grave Reference
Spec. Memorial C. 11.
Biographical Notes
Son of Mr and Mrs R. Cox of Matatoki, Thames, New Zealand.
Further References
  • Military personnel file listed at Archives New Zealand. Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
  • New Zealand at the front. (1917). A magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division. page141
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
  • New Zealand at the front. (1917). London: Cassell and Company.
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org