Honorary Colonel Charles Frederick Cox

Ranks Held Brigadier General, Captain, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Brigadier General
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
Service Army
Units
  • 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • First World War, 1914-1918

Collection items

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    CARLINGFORD, N.S.W. 1944-11-22. THE GUN CARRIAGE AND MOURNERS ARRIVE AT CARLINGFORD CEMETERY FOR ...

    CARLINGFORD, N.S.W. 1944-11-22. PALL BEARERS AT CARLINGFORD CEMETERY, PREPARE TO LIFT THE COFFIN ...

    CARLINGFORD, N.S.W. 1944-11-22. PALL BEARERS, FOLLOWED BY MOURNERS, MOVE TO THE GRAVESIDE DURING ...

    Group portrait of senior officers of the Australian Imperial Force at Victoria Barracks. ...

    Group portrait of members of the visiting French Squadron with senior officers at Victoria ...

    Major General Chaytor with Brigadier General Cox, who is about to step into a car, serial no. LC ...

    PALESTINE. C.1917. MAJOR GENERAL C.F. COX, CB CMG DSO VD, COMMANDER OF 1ST AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE ...

    WATER TROUGHS IN THE DESERT IN PALESTINE. THE MAN IN THE SADDLE IS BRIGADIER-GENERAL COX. ...

    GALLIPOLI, TURKEY. BRIGADIER-GENERAL GRANVILLE RYRIE (RIGHT) AND COLONEL C. COX OUTSIDE THE ...

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Timeline

Date of death 02/05/1863
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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