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COCHRANE, William Archibald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3801 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 October 1915, Lithgow, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woonona, New South Wales, Australia, 5 July 1898 |
| Home Town: | Woonona, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Woonona State School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulli Great War Memorial, Bulli Roll of Honour, Bulli-Woonona War Memorial , Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3801, 18th Infantry Battalion, Lithgow, NSW | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3801, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3801, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Mary COCHRANE, High Street, Woonona, New South Wales
Williams saw service in Egypt, France and Belgium and was wounded at Polygon Wood on 20th September 1917, and whilst going to have the wound attended to was struck by a shell and killed.
Mr. J. Cochrane, of High-htreet, Woonona, has received a cable message informing him that his son, Private Archibald Cochrane, has been killed in action in France. Private Cochrane was only 19 years of age, and had been 13 months in the trenches.
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