COCKBAIN, Frederick
| Service Number: | 2119 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlisle England, 12 October 1887 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Sawtell, New South Wales, Australia, 9 December 1954, aged 67 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Coramba Cemetery, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2119, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2119, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
Frederick Cockbain
Birth: Oct. 12, 1887
Penrith
Cumbria, England
Death: Dec. 9, 1954
Sawtell
New South Wales, Australia
Son of Isaac & Sarah (Richardson) Cockbain.
He emigrated to Australia, 6 June 1913, free on the "SS. Benalla". Frederick Cockbain enlisted in the army during WW1. He enlisted at Liverpool, NSW on 24 April 1915. Service No. 2119. He was in the 2nd Battallion, 6th Reinforcement. He was wounded by a bullet wound at Gallipoli, Turkey on 11 August 1915 in the right thigh which fractured it. This left him with lameness and he was shipped back to Australia on 11 March 1916 on the "Suevis". In his army papers he is described as being 5'9-3/4", 158 lbs., fair complexion, blue eyes, sandy hair and Church of England denomination. Frederick was the first soldier settler in Coramba district taking up land on the southern end of Duncan's Bridge Road. Fred was a carpenter and stone mason, a keen fisherman and lover of cricket.
Married Hannah Simpson on June 27, 1910 at Penrith, England.
Children: Lillian Elizabeth, Jessica Irene, Mabel Amanda, Joyce Victoria, Thomas Leslie James, Frederick John, William Henry, Jean, Joan, Arthur.
Family links:
Spouse:
Hannah Simpson Cockbain (1890 - 1948)*
Children:
William Henry Cockbain (1925 - 1972)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Coramba Cemetery
Coramba
Coffs Harbour City
New South Wales, Australia
Created by: Kevin Farrar-Wallace
Record added: Aug 08, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56820986
Submitted 25 April 2016 by cherelle roper
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