Robert Bede COCHRANE

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Service Number:	8028
Enlisted:	25 September 1915, Enlisted at Perth WA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	6th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, April 1890
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Christian Brothers Catholic School, Perth, WA
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Killed in Action, Albert, France, 3 August 1916
Cemetery:	Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood Plot 1, Row B, Grave 24, Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille Wood, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Lawley - Inglewood War Memorial

25 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8028, Enlisted at Perth WA
22 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 8028, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 8028, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières

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Son of Robert Mitchell Cochrane and Emily Cochrane of 125 Walcott Street, Mt Lawley, Perth, WA previously of 110 Brisbane Street, Perth, WA

8 January 1916 - to hospital with Appendicitis at Ghezereh

19 January 1916 - rejoined unit at Tel el Kebir

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal