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{{short description|Australian Army general}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Alfred Baxter-Cox
|image= File:Allen Berryman Syria 1941.jpg
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|alt=
|caption= From left to right: Major General [[Arthur Allen (general)|A. S. Allen]]; Brigadier [[Frank Berryman |F. H. Berryman]] and Brigadier A. R. Baxter-Cox in conversation in Syria, June 1941
|nickname=
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1898|09|07|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Cue, Western Australia]]
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1958|10|18|1898|09|07|df=yes}}
|death_place=
|placeofburial=
|allegiance= Australia
|branch= [[Australian Army]]
|serviceyears= 1916–1946
|servicenumber=
|rank= [[Brigadier]]
|unit=
|commands= Training Depots, [[1st Military District (Australia)|Queensland Lines of Communication Area]] (1942–1943) [[25th Brigade (Australia)|25th Brigade]] (1941) [[2/16th Battalion (Australia)|2/16th Battalion]] (1940–1941) [[13th Brigade (Australia)|13th Brigade]] (1939–1940) [[11th Battalion (Australia)|11th/16th Battalion]] (1932–1936)
|battles= [[First World War]] [[Second World War]]
|awards= [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Efficiency Decoration]] [[Mentioned in Despatches]]
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[[Brigadier]] '''Alfred Richard Baxter-Cox''', {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100|sep=,|CBE|ED}} (7 September 1898 – 18 October 1958) was an Australian architect and [[Australian Army|army]] officer, who served during both the [[World War I|First]] and [[Second World War]]s.

==Early life==
Baxter-Cox was born in [[Cue, Western Australia]] on 7 September 1898. His father, Alfred Edward Cox, was an architect practising in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]]. Baxter-Cox himself became an [[architect]] and [[draftsman]], and served in the [[Citizens Military Force|Militia]] prior to his enlistment in the [[First Australian Imperial Force|Australian Imperial Force]] on 13 January 1916.<ref name=sr>[https://archive.today/20121127031445/http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3435670&I=1&SE=1 Service Record], National Australian Archives. Retrieved 13 Nov 2009.</ref>

==First World War==
Enlisting as an [[Other ranks|other rank]] in the [[Royal Australian Engineers]], Baxter-Cox held the rank of [[sapper]] when he was posted to Engineering Reinforcements camped on [[Blackboy Hill, Western Australia]] on 29 February 1916. He embarked for service overseas on ''A38 Ulysses'' on 26 March 1916, disembarking at [[Marseille]], France, on 5 May 1916, after which time he was posted to the Mining Corps. On 19 August 1916 he was promoted to [[corporal]], and on 18 December he transferred to 3rd Tunnelling Coy.<ref name=sr/>

After being selected for [[Officer (armed forces)|commissioning]], Baxter-Cox attended officer training at No. 6 Officers Cadet Battalion in [[Oxford, England|Oxford]] from November 1917 to March 1918 and was appointed as a [[second lieutenant]] on 1 May 1918. The confidential report from the Officer Cadet Unit stated that his special qualifications included riding, surveying and speaking French.<ref name=sr/> Upon graduation, he was transferred to the [[infantry]] and joined the [[4th Battalion (Australia)|4th Battalion]] in France on 14 May 1918. On 28 November 1918, he was promoted to [[lieutenant]], serving in the [[Rouen]] area before being transferred to England in April 1919 as part of the [[Military history of Australia during World War I#Repatriation and demobilisation|demobilisation process]].

On 26 May 1919 he married Ivy Gertrude, daughter of Frank James Sanders, at "S. Cross Holywell Oxford". From June to September 1919 he arranged to attend a three-month course in architecture under Gilbert I Gardner, RIBA, in Oxford; the start date was delayed, and he completed the course on 31 October 1919.<ref name=sr/>

He and his wife returned to Australia on the H.T. ''Shropshire'', embarking on 2 December 1919. He was discharged from the 4th Battalion, 1st AIF, on 7 March 1920, and received the [[British War Medal]] and the [[Victory Medal (United Kingdom)|Victory Medal]].<ref name=sr/>

==Between the wars==
In between the wars, Baxter-Cox returned to the Militia, obtaining the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]] and serving as the commanding officer of the 11th/16th Battalion in Western Australia.<ref name=oob>{{cite web |url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/PersonData.aspx?PerX=540&Tab=App&Titl=AR%20Baxter-Cox |title=AR Baxter-Cox, ED |publisher=Orders of Battle.com |accessdate=4 April 2010 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Generals of World War II">{{cite web|url=https://generals.dk/general/Baxter-Cox/Alfred_Richard/Australia.html|title=Biography of Brigadier Alfred Richard Baxter-Cox (1898−1958), Australia|website=generals.dk}}</ref> On 30 April 1936 he was transferred to the unattached list.<ref name=sr/> In May 1939 he took up an appointment as commanding officer of the [[13th Brigade (Australia)|13th Brigade]],<ref name=oob/><ref name=Long>{{cite book | last = Long | first = Gavin | authorlink = Gavin Long | year = 1953 | url = http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/second_world_war/volume.asp?levelID=67904 | title = Volume II – Greece, Crete and Syria | edition=1st| series = [[Australia in the War of 1939–1945]] | location = Canberra | publisher = [[Australian War Memorial]]|pages=341–342}}</ref> and with it came the rank of temporary brigadier.<ref name="Generals of World War II"/>

==Second World War==
Following the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] in September, Baxter-Cox was appointed to Land Headquarters on 26 April 1940,<ref name=sr/> and enlisted in the [[Second Australian Imperial Force]] on 9 May 1940.<ref name=roll>{{cite web |url=http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=738144 |title=WW2 Nominal Roll: Baxter-Cox, Alfred Richard |publisher=Commonwealth of Australia |accessdate=4 April 2010}}</ref> Shortly afterwards he was posted to the [[2/16th Battalion (Australia)|2/16th Battalion]] and given responsibility for raising the battalion.<ref name=Long/><ref name=2_16>{{cite web |url=http://www.2nd16thassoc.com.au/history/index.html |title=The Official 2/16th Battalion (A.I.F.) Association Website |publisher=2/16th Battalion Association |accessdate=4 April 2010}}</ref> He remained in command of the battalion during its deployment to the [[Middle East]] before being promoted to temporary brigadier (having relinquished the rank in April 1940)<ref name="Generals of World War II"/> and taking over command of the [[25th Brigade (Australia)|25th Infantry Brigade]] in March 1941.<ref name=oob/><ref name=Long/> He remained in command of the brigade until June 1941 after which he undertook a variety of positions on the staff of Army Headquarters.<ref name=oob/><ref name="Generals of World War II"/>

While holding the rank of temporary brigadier, Baxter-Cox was invested as a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] on 14 June 1945. He was discharged on 14 August 1946, with his final posting being to the headquarters of the 25th Infantry Brigade with the substantive rank of [[colonel]] and the honorary rank of brigadier.<ref name=roll/><ref name="Generals of World War II"/>

==Later life==
Baxter-Cox died on 18 October 1958, aged sixty.<ref name=oob/><ref name="Generals of World War II"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Architects from Western Australia]]
[[Category:Australian brigadiers]]
[[Category:Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Australian military personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Australian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:People from the Mid West (Western Australia)]]

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