Victor Roland Cox

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Victor Roland Cox was born in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, on 30 May 1897 the son of Charles Albert Cox and Mary Jane Cox (nee Miles) both originally from Dorset. The family were visiting the UK and staying in London at the time of the 1911 Census during which time Victor had been attending at at Shaftesbury Grammar School, Shaftesbury, Dorset. He had eventually returned to Australia and enlisted with the Australian Imperial Forces on 27 Oct 1918 and joined the Recruitment Battalion on 4 Nov 1918 as a Private (Service No. 81294). However the war came to an end before he could complete any service and he was discharged on 24 Dec 1918. He had returned to the UK and the 1921 Census shows he was with his parents in accommodation at 72 Kensington Park Road, Kensington, London, shortly after which he left the country. He had married Doreen Ruth McFarlane in Box Hill, Victoria, on 12 Apr 1939. Regrettably he died in Box Hill at the age of 47 years on 27 Dec 1944 and was laid to rest there alongside his mother. His brothers, Charles Reginald Miles Cox and Arthur Roy Cox, also served in the Australian Imperial Force.