Regimental number | 3281 |
Place of birth | Toowong, Queensland |
School | Toowong State School, Queensland |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Shop assistant |
Address | Toowong, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Ann Cocks, Sherwood Road, Toowong, Queensland |
Previous military service | Instl Staff; Served in Enoggera Training Corps as Staff Sgt Major. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Corporal |
Unit name | 42nd Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/59/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 42nd Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Wounded Hamel, died CCS Crouy. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Hamel, France |
Age at death | 23.5 |
Place of burial | Crouy British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 19), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 135 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Richard and Mary Ann COCKS, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Uncles: Lt Alfred Edwin Winterford 25th Bn killed in action Morlancourt, 10 June 1918; Sgt Claude Augustus Cocks 3rd Machine Gun Bn mentioned in despatches at Passchendaele. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |