Soldier profiles
Name : COX, JOHN WILLIAM
Service Number : 1395 (QX52007)
Date of Birth : 05/05/1925
Place of Birth : YANDINA, QLD
Known as : BILL
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 25/05/1943
Locality on Enlistment : YANDINA, QLD
Place of Enlistment : REDBANK, QLD
Next of Kin : COX, WILLIAM
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LANCE CORPORAL
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : C COMPANY (BALIKPAPAN, BORNEO)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : BORNEO
Actions : BALIKPAPAN (BORNEO)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 12/10/1947
Date Died : 13/05/2003
Age at Death : 78
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : YANDINA GENERAL CEMETERY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (NO ENTRY FOUND), WW2 Nominal Roll, Headstone
Background : Husband of Norma Violet.
