John Vernon COBCROFT

COBCROFT, John Vernon

    Service Numbers: 1548, N273097
    Enlisted: 29 September 1915
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF)
    Born: Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 21 September 1882
    Home Town: Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales
    Schooling: Muswellbrook Grammar School, Maitland High School and Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Rubber Planter
    Died: Natural causes, St Marys, New South Wales, Australia, 6 November 1948, aged 66 years
    Cemetery: Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
    Cremated
    Memorials: Maitland High School Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, 1548
    9 Aug 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion
    31 Oct 1917: Involvement 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    31 Oct 1917: Embarked 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    23 Apr 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion
    15 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion
    15 May 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, HT Ypiringa, England for return to Australia - disembarking Melbourne 5 July 1919, then by rail to Sydney, arriving 6 July 1919.
    30 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion

    World War 2 Service

    21 Jul 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), N273097, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF), Corporal
    31 Aug 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), N273097, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF), Sergeant

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