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Military service
Service number:
J/22347
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
430 Sqdn.
Birth:
September 30, 1920
Brockville, Ontario
Enlistment:
August 14, 1940
Brockville, Ontario
Death:
June 6, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XXIV. H. 2.
Additional information
Son of George and Agnes Forrest Cox, of Brockville, Ontario. Husband of Hilda Ruth Cox, of Upton, Cheshire, England.
Commemorated on the Brockville Collegiate Institute and Vocational School Roll of Honour.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Jack Scott Cox
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Born 30th September, 1920, at Brockville, Ont. Educated at Brockville. Entered the service of the Bank 17th August, 1939. Served at Brockville. Enlisted 14th August, 1940, from that branch in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot 29th March, 1941; Warrant Officer, Class II, 10th October, 1942; Pilot Officer in January, 1943; Flying Officer in November, 1943. Trained at Brandon, Man., Patricia Bay, B.C., Regina, Sask., and Windsor and Dunnville, Ont. Took Instructors' Course at Trenton, Ont. Instructor at Camp Borden, Ont., until 1942. Took Officers' Training Course at Bagotville, Que. Overseas in March, 1943. Served in active operations with Tactical Air Force. Missing after air operations on 6th June, 1944 (D-Day). Officially presumed dead 27th April, 1945. <br><i>From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.</i> -
Photo of Jack Scott Cox
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Photo of Jack Scott Cox
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Grave marker
Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 281 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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