William Edgar COCKMAN

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COCKMAN, William Edgar

Service Numbers:	2616, 2616A
Enlisted:	16 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Wanneroo, Wanneroo, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 7.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clarkson ANZAC Garden of Remembrance, Wanneroo War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2616, 28th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2616, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2616, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2616A, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2616A awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

William Cockman was the son of James Samuel and Emma Jane Cockman of Wanneroo in Western Australia.

His three brothers all returned to Australia, 4580 Pte. Ross Roy Cockman 4th Machine Gun Battalion, twice wounded, 7455 Pte. Wesley John Cockman 44th Battalion and 3627 Pte. Ernest John Cockman 44th Battalion. (severely wounded thigh)

William was reported missing during the last Australian assault on Mouquet Farm. His remains were found in 1919 by a Canadian Burial Party and he was reinterred in the Pozieres British Cemetery.

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