Walter Coxen Military person

Major General Walter Adams Coxen CB, CMG, DSO (22 June 1870 – 15 December 1949) was a senior Australian Army officer in World War I. In April 1930 Coxen was promoted to the position of Chief of General Staff. He retired in 1931.

Personal facts

Walter Coxen
Birth dateJune 22, 1870
Birth place
England , Egham , Surrey
Date of deathDecember 15, 1949
Place of death
Australia , Heidelberg Victoria

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Military person

allegianceCommonwealth of Australia
award
Order of the Bath
Mentioned in dispatches
Croix de guerre (Belgium)
Distinguished Service Order
Order of St Michael and St George
military operations
Battle of Arras (1917)
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of the Somme
World War I
Gallipoli Campaign
Battle of Amiens (1918)
Battle of Pozières
military branch
Australian Army
military command36th Heavy Artillery Group
service start1893
service end1931

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External resources

  1. http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/%7Ermallett/Generals/index.html