COCKBURN, Frederick Joseph
| Service Number: | 4161 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1891 |
| Home Town: | Toronto, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fisherman |
| Died: | KIA - hit by shrapnel in no mans land, Mouquet Farm, France, 29 August 1916, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4161, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4161, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4161, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery.
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
105 years ago today, on the 29th August 1916, Private Fredrick (Frederick) Joseph Cockburn, 13th Battalion (Reg No-4161), fisherman from North Street, Toronto, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Battle of Pozieres, age 24.
Born at Hamilton, New South Wales on the 30th November 1891 to Joseph (died 1942) of Anzac Parade, Toronto, N.S.W. and Mary Ann (died 1930) Cockburn nee Graham, Fred enlisted July 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Mr. Cockburn’s name has been inscribed on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France.
Fred’s name has also been inscribed on the Toronto Soldiers' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 30th September 1922, 115 names inscribed, 21 Fallen), Toronto Red Cross Honour Roll and the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor.
There is no headstone at the gravesite of Fred’s parents sleeping at Sandgate Cemetery, therefore no memorial inscription to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of their son during The Great War, so November 2017 I placed a memorial cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the memorialised grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 4 NE. 11.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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