| Places | |
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| Accession Number | ART26450 |
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Overall: 50 x 36.8 cm |
| Object type | Work on paper |
| Physical description | pencil on paper |
| Maker |
Griffin, Murray |
| Place made | Singapore: Changi |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Warrant Officer 2 John Cox
Description
Depicts a portrait of Warrant II John Fabian Cox (NX58736), Headquarters staff, Australian Army Survey Corps, 8th Australian Division. Cox became a prisoner-of-war following the fall of Singapore and did not survive the war. Sent to work on the infamous Thai-Burma Railway he died of disease aged 32 on 9th November 1943. John Cox is one of 3770 Allied casualties buried at the Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery in Myanmar.