Service Details
Name:
 COX
Given Name:
 SYDNEY ALFRED ROBERT
Initials:
 S A R
Service No:
 E/3412
Rank:
 Trooper
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Regiment:
 1st Mounted Rifles (Natal Carbineers)
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Date of Death:
 1915-12-12
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Date of Birth:
 1896-01-27
Age:
 19
Cause of Death:
 Drowned, in Tugela River
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Additional
Information:
Son of Sydney James and Ada Rosalind Cox, of 22 Oxford Street, Pietermaritzburg. Born Pietermaritzburg. A night clerk at Colenso Station. Info from Natal Carbineers museum
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Kwazulu Natal
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Cemetery:
 UNKNOWN CEMETERY
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