Outdoor portrait of 2018 Private (Pte) Henry John Cox, 26th Infantry Battalion, of Parkham, Tas. ...

Accession Number P06913.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Colour - Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Outdoor portrait of 2018 Private (Pte) Henry John Cox, 26th Infantry Battalion, of Parkham, Tas. A farmer prior to enlistment Pte Cox embarked with the 3rd Reinforcements from Melbourne on SS Makarini on 10 September 1915. On 12 October 1916, whilst serving with the 2nd Division Australian Trench Mortar Battery, Pte Cox was killed in action in Belgium, aged 22.