POCKLEY, John Graham Antill
| Service Number: | 5017 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 6 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 14 August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | North Sydney Church of England Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 30 March 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour, Shore Northbridge Sydney Church of England Grammar School 1914-1918 War Memorial Playing Fields Pillars, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Wahroonga JGA POCKLEY Memorial Plaque, Wahroonga St Andrew's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5017, Hospital Transport Corps | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 5017, Hospital Transport Corps, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 5017, Hospital Transport Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Sydney | |
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Mar 1918: | Involvement Lieutenant, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 33rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1918-03-30 | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Private, 5017, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Karoola | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 5017, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Graham Antill Pockley was also the son of Dr. Francis Antill Pockley and Helen Clare Pockley, (nee Hooke), of Greystanes, Bums Road, Wahroonga. He was born at North Sydney on 14th August 1891 and was married to Nancy Julia Pockley, (nee Sargood), the daughter of Frederick Sargood of Rippon Grange, Water Street, Wahroonga. On joining the A.I.F. his place of enlistment was given as Wahroonga and he was described as a Grazier.
He was killed in action on the day of the start of the first Battle of Villers Bretonneux. He is commemorated on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France, (memorial Panel 122), which is the Australian national memorial, erected to commemorate all Australian soldiers who fought in France and Belgium during the First World War, to their dead, and especially to those of the dead whose graves are not known. The 10,700 Australian servicemen actually named on the memorial died in the battlefields of the Somme, Arras, the German advance of 1918 and the Advance to Victory. The names on this Memorial are engraved in order of battalion, then alphabetically under rank.
On the Wahroonga War Memorial he is shown as having enlisted in 1915. His name also appears on the War Memorial of St. Andrews Anglican Church Wahroonga.
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