William John Cox as a corporal, 15 Battery, 5 Brigade Artillery, France, 1916-1918 [Memoirs]

Places	Africa: Egypt, North Egypt, Tel el Kebir Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Flers Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number	S02207
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	14 min 46 sec
Object type	Memoir
Physical description	micro cassette; SONY MC-60; mono
Maker	Cox, William John Cox, William John
Date made	10 April 1987
Access	Open
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Description

Discusses: why Australia went to war; landing at Gallipoli; his enlistment during recruiting week in July 1915; pre-war employment; sent to Melbourne Showgrounds recruitment camp; issue of initial clothing and and equipment; outbreak of meningitis in camp and cancellation of leave; 6th Artillery Brigade formed under the command of Colonel Harold Kohen, who was the chief of the Carlton Brewery; Cox sent to the 16th Battery, 6th Brigade stationed at Keilor; known to friends as "Texas" especially to mate Harry Matthews(?); hospitalised due to a training injury; despatched to Egypt on the troopship SS Persic; hospitalised at Tel el Kebir with a throat infection, released in time to sail to France; describes the winter in France; action at Pozieres, Bapaume, Fleurs and Bullecourt; relates deaths due to concealed weapons which caused a number of deaths.