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Francis Douglas COCKERILL

Regimental number3285
Place of birthNew Norfolk, Tasmania
SchoolHome
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressAubin Street, Neutral Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, C F Cockerill, 4 Bishop Street, Box Hill, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Military Cadets, Queenstown, Tasmania
Enlistment date20 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialRue-David Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 30), Fleurbaix, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles F and Mary B. COCKERILL, Cranbourne, Victoria. Native of New Norfolk, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrother: Charlies C. Cockerill, died France 12 August 1916.

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