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William Charles COCKLE

Regimental number5992
Place of birthPort Melbourne, Victoria
SchoolGraham Street State School, Port Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
Address2 Clay Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs A Cockle, 2 Clay Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date26 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 1 June 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death36
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row N, Grave no. 4), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John William and Catherine COCKLE, 19 Johnson Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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