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Brian Colden Anthill POCKLEY

Date of birth4 June 1890
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolChurch of England Grammar School, North Sydney, New South Wales
Other trainingUniversity of Sydney, New South Wales
OccupationMedical practitioner
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 9"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinDr F. Anthill Pockley, Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed as LT in Senior Cadets, 1908-09.
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCaptain
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force
FateDied of wounds 11 September 1914
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Name does not appear on Nominal Roll
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBita Paka War Cemetery, Bita Paka, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
188
Medals

Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt John Graham Anthill POCKLEY, 33rd Bn, killed in action, 30 March 1918.
Other details

War service: German New Guinea

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Roll.
SourcesNAA: B2455, POCKLEY Brian Colden Anthill

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