Ranks Held | Brigadier General, Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier General |
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Birth Date | 02/05/1863 |
Birth Place | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Pennant Hills |
Death Date | 20/11/1944 |
Death Place | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney, Croydon |
Final Rank | Honorary Colonel |
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Honorary Colonel Charles Frederick Cox
Rolls
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Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:
- Unit
- 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles
- Conflict
- South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
- Rank
- Major
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Pre First World War Conflicts Nominal Rolls:
- Unit
- New South Wales Lancers
- Conflict
- South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
- Rank
- Captain
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Colonel
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Brigadier General
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- NSW Mounted Rifles
- Conflict
- South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- NSW Mounted Rifles
- Conflict
- South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Brigadier General
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Brigadier General
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Brigadier General
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Honours and Awards:
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Temporary Brigadier General
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Brigadier General
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Honours and Awards (Recommendation):
- Unit
- 1st Australian Light Horse Brigade
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Brigadier General
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First World War Embarkation Roll:
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
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First World War Nominal Roll:
- Unit
- 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment
- Conflict
- First World War, 1914-1918
- Rank
- Brigadier General
Timeline
Date of death | 02/05/1863 | |
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Date of birth | 02/05/1863 | |
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs) | 1891 | New South Wales Lancers. |
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) | 1894 | Appointed as a Lieutenant in the regiment. |
Other | 1897 | Chosen to head a detachment of the regiment in the ceremonies for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. |
Date promoted | 1897 | Appointed to Captain. |
Other | 12/1899 | Arrived in Cape Town after the Boer War broke out. |
Date returned to Australia | 12/1900 | |
Date promoted | 12/1900 | Promoted to Major and given command of the newly formed 3rd New South Wales Mounted Rifles. |
Other | 05/1900 | Attached to the Inniskilling Dragoons. |
Date promoted | 06/1901 | Appointed honorary lieutenant colonel. |
Other | 04/1901 | Returned to South Africa. |
Other | 1906 | Appointed commander of the 1st Light Horse (previously New South Wales Lancers). |
Date promoted | 02/04/1908 | Promoted to lieutenant colonel. |
Other | 1911 | Transferred to the unattached list. |
Other | 1914 | Appointed to command the 6th Light Horse Regiment. |
Date wounded | 21/05/1914 | Wounded by shrapnel while asleep in his dugout at Gallipoli. |
Date of embarkation | 21/12/1914 | |
Date of enlistment | 15/09/1914 | |
Date promoted | 06/12/1915 | Promoted to colonel and temporary brigadier general. |
Other | 19/09/1915 | Acting Commander of the 1st Light Horse Brigade. |
Other | 06/12/1915 | Permanantly appointed commander of the 6th Light Horse Brigade. |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 1917 | |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 1918 | |
Date of recommendation honour or award | 17/07/1918 | |
Date returned to Australia | 13/03/1919 | |
Date returned to Australia | 13/03/1919 | |
Other units | 1920 | Appointed to command the 4th Light Horse Brigade. |
Other | 1920 | Elected to the Senate as a Nationalist representing New South Wales. |
Other units | 1921 | Appointed to command the 1st Cavalry Division. |
Other | 1923 | Transferred to the retired list with the rank of honorary major general. |
Date of death | 20/11/1944 |
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