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Transcript of Cox, Edward King Standish
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494
Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula
Gosford District Casualties of World War One
Cox, Edward King Standish Service Number 164
Died of illness 13th December 1914 Alexandria, Egypt
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children
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NAME Cox, Edward King Standish
SERVICE NO 164
UNIT 4th Battalion
RANK Private
AGE at Enlistment 29 yrs
PLACE OF BIRTH Rylstone, NSW
ADDRESS
OCCUPATION Station Hand
DATE OF ENLISTMENT 17 Aug 1914
PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT
Randwick, NSW
PREVIOUS SERVICE 3 yrs Colonial Forces. Discharged
NEXT OF KIN Father;- Edward Standish Cox, Wagstaff Point, Woy Woy
Mother Alice V Cox
PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION
Height-5’8”. Weight -11st. . Chest -35-40
Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Brown. Hair-Dark. Scar on inside L/Knee
RELIGION C/E
EMBARKED
DISEMBARKED
NOTES Brother Miles Standish Cox 165, also died pneumonia on arrival Alexandria
WOUNDED/ILLNESS
DIED 13 Dec 1914- Alexandria, Pneumonia
BURIED Re-interred Chatby War Memorial Cemetery Egypt. Row C Gve 121
MEDALS 1914-15 Star-26564, British War Medal-3255, Victory Medal-3255. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-985802.
DEPENDANTS
PERSONAL EFFECTS Bible, Pocket Book, tin Chocolates, Knife, Letters
WILL
CORRESPONDENCE Parents
REMARKS Rev. Wm Hereford, conveyed news to family.
EDWARD KING STANDISH COX (29) AND MILES STANDISH COX (23). Sons of Mr Edward Standish Cox, of Wagstaff Point, near Woy Woy, who died from pneumonia within two
days of each other, in Egypt last week. The deceased soldiers were members of the 4th Battalion, First
Infantry Brigade, First Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force.
GOSFORD TIMES. 26.2.1915. HONORING THEIR MEMORIES. £33 17s 9d has been collected to perpetuate the memory of
the Cox Brothers, of Wagstaffe Point, members of the Expe-
ditionary Force who recently died in Egypt. The total in-
cludes:- No 1 Box £3 1s 3d, No 2 Box £2 4s, Lists – W. Had-
ley £10, E.F. Cox £10.11s, W.M. Kenny £4 11s 6d, J.A.
Beattie £1 1s, A Besle 7s, Rev. W.M. Herford was hon.
Treasurer to the Fund, and Messrs Hadley and Kenny joint
hon. Secretaries. When the new church (C. of E.) is erected
at Wagstaffe, a memorial tablet will be placed therein. In the
meantime the tablet will be erected in the new Mission Hall at
Woy Woy.
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. 23.12.1914. P.9. COX – December 13, 1914, Edward King Standish cox, eldest son of Edward Standish Cox, Wagstaff
Point, died Egypt (Pnuemonia), aged 29 years.
GOSFORD TIMES 26.2.1915. Egypt. – Mr E. S. cox has received letters from the Chap-lain and from the Officer in command of the Battalion of which his two deceased sons belonged. These letters ex-pressing sincere regret and sympathy for the loss sus-tained by the parents and family, also speaks highly for the popularity and good conduct of the young soldiers, whom we are assured had every possible care and atten-tion of the doctor and his nursing staff, and were also given a military funeral, the full company walking a consid-erable distance to pay their last respects to their com-rades. The public have been asked to subscribe towards a fund
to be utilized in a suitable manner in perpetuating the
brothers’ memory.
GOSFORD TIMES. 28.5.1915. Private Anderson, whose death is reported at the Darda-
nelles, is a nephew of Mr E.S. Cox, who lost his only two
sons in Egypt some few months ago.
GOSFORD TIMES 11.6.1915
Rev. W. M. herford writes:- Please allow me an inch or two in your paper to say how
much the Woy Woy people appreciate the action of the Gos-
ford “volunteer” squad, under Sergeant Coulter, in coming to
take part in the ceremony of unveiling the Memorial Tablet,
placed in the Mission Hall, inscribed:-“ To the glory of God,
and in affectionate remembrance of two brothers, Privates
Edward R Standish Cox, and Miles Standish Cox, of the 1st
Australian Expeditionary Force.” We are also indebted to
those members of your Church of England choir who came to
help us in hymns and psalms of thanksgiving. Sunday’s
gathering was an indication of how the war is touching the
hearts of our people.
GOSFORD TIMES 4.6.1915.
MEMORIAL SERVICE. On Sunday afternoon next at 3 o’clock, Rev. W.M. Herford
will perform the ceremony of unveiling a memorial tablet in
the Woy Woy Mission Hall erected to the memory of the
brothers Cox, Wagstaffe, who died in Egypt a few months
ago. A free launch will leave Gosford Wharf at 2pm, Em-
pire Bay at 2.30, Wagstaffe at 2.15, and round the Bay at
2.30.
GOSFORD TIMES 11.6.1915.
WAGSTAFFE POINT & PRETTY BEACH. Memorial Service – On Sunday afternoon last, Mr J Murphy
kindly placed one of his ferry boats at the disposal of the
residents between here and Woy Woy for those who de-
sired to attend the memorial service held in the Church of
England Mission Hall, Woy Woy, the service was conducted
by Rev. W.M. Herford, when the tablet erected to the mem-
ory of the brothers Edward King and Myles Standish Cox,
and who died in Egypt, was unveiled. There was present a
very large attendance, all denominations being repre-
sented, while a squad of recruits in their khaki uniform from
Gosford gave the ceremony a military and imposing effect.
Mr Kirkness (Gosford) during the service gave a short in-
spiring address, which was followed by the Rev. Herford in
the delivery of an appropriate and effective sermon. A full
choir assisted, and the Dead March was played by the or-
ganist, Mr A.M. Booth. It was announced that half of the
collections taken up would be devoted to a branch of the
War Fund. The tablet bearing the inscription is a fine piece
of workmanship. This and the excellently conducted ser-
vice, and the large representative congregation, certainly
impressed everyone present with the prevailing earnestness
and sincerity arising from the appalling loss of life and man-
hood as the result of daily events.
GOSFORD TIMES. 18.6.1915.
RETURN THANKS. THE Parents of the late E.S. Cox and M.S. Cox, of Wagstaffe
Point, desire to express heartfelt thanks to the friends of their
sons who contributed to the Tablet commemorating their
memory.
GOSFORD TIMES 8.8.1918
WOY WOY (From our Correspondent) After a long and painful illness, Mr Standish Cox, an old and highly respected resident of Wag-staffe, Woy Woy, passed away at a private hospi-tal at North Sydney on Sunday morning last. The deceased gentleman was a son of the noted sportsman of the sixties and seventies, Mr King Cox, owner of Yattendon, sire of Chester, winner of the Derby and Melbourne Cup in ’77. Mr Standish Cox was a bosom friend of our own
Phil glenister since the early seventies, and, to
use his (Mr Glenister’s) own words, “was as white
a man as ever stood in shoe leather.” I have of
times listened with the greatest interest to this
pair of grand old timers exchanging reminis-
cences, how Phil had rode to victory his own hur-
dler, Gaffergray ( Mr Glenister was an amateur
rider of considerable ability in those days), and
how these old pals had hunted together in the
early seventies. Mr Cox backed Chester to win
£4,000 in the double of ’77, beating Mr Glenister
(commissioner of the stable) for a stake of
£40,000 on Savanaka (second) in the Cup.
Amongst the first to offer their services in this
great war and don khaki were E.S. and E.K. Cox,
two as fine a lads as ever donned the uniform
(sons of deceased), both of whom died of pneu-
monia, one on the voyage to Egypt and the other
at Alexandria. The deceased gentlemen leaves a
widow and daughter, for whom the deepest sym-
pathy is universally expressed.
The Sydney Morning Herald 3.04.1929
Late Mr. W.M.N. Garling Member of Pioneer Family The death occurred at Hunter’s Hill on Saturday of Mr. William M.N. Garling, the last of a family of nine grandchildren of Mr. Frederick Garling, who arrived in New South Wales from England in 1815 to fill the office of Crown Solicitor. He was 89 years of age. Mr. Garling spent much of his early life on cattle stations in the northern part of New South Wales, among which were Gunyan, Gunywarrildl, and Texas, all owned by his brother-in-law, the late Mr. Sloper Cox. He later managed another of Mr. Cox’s properties, Hobartville, at Richmond, where he interested himself in municipal affairs, filling the position of Mayor for several years. From that time up to the time of his retirement he engaged in the horse auctioneering business. His chief interest lay in stock, and he was considered one of the leading judges of his day. Mr. Garling was a great lover of art, his father having been a ma-rine painter of note. Mr. Garling was twice married and his youngest son was killed at the war. He is survived by Mrs. Garling and one son, Mr. R.W. Garling of Hunter’s Hill, and also by a son and daughter of the first marriage—Mr. D’Arcy Garling (of Wagga) and Mrs. E.A. Fisher (of Chatswood).
Article concerns an extended family member of the Cox family and his passing.
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