Harry Stanley (Stan) COCHRANE

COCHRANE, Harry Stanley

    Service Number: 5762
    Enlisted: 13 March 1916, Enlisted at Leongatha
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 14th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia, February 1897
    Home Town: Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria
    Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 4 July 1918
    Cemetery: Crucifix Corner Cemetery
    Cochrane's name is located at panel 72
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Poowong Great War Honour Board, Poowong War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5762, Enlisted at Leongatha
    4 May 1916: Involvement Private, 5762, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
    4 May 1916: Embarked Private, 5762, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
    5 Feb 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5762, Shell wound to the right arm and invalided to England on 10 February 1917
    20 Feb 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, In the field
    20 May 1918: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, In the field
    4 Jul 1918: Involvement Corporal, 5762, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5762 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-07-04

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of William Sneddon Cochrane and Jessie Cochrane of Brighton Road, Dandenong, Victoria formerly of North Poowong, South Gippsland, Victoria; brother of William David Cochrane who return to Australia on 8 November 1918 having served wit the  14th Battalion and Alice J. Cox Crompton of Casula, NSW

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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