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COCHRAN, Frederick John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 35 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1914, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 24th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Caversham, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Caversham Public School, Dunedin, NZ and Echuca and Lancefield State Schools, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in action, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 17 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, SN 35, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 29 Mar 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Vic. | |
| 28 May 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, SN 35, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres | |
| 28 May 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, SN 35, 13th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 23 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Squadron Sergeant Major, 13th Light Horse Regiment, Egypt | |
| 11 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Squadron Sergeant Major, SN 35, 13th Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
| 4 Oct 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Squadron Sergeant Major, SN 35, 13th Light Horse Regiment, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli, SW to groin. Evacuated to England. | |
| 15 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Squadron Sergeant Major, Australian Army Service Corps, 1st Anzac Mounted Division, England | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Army Service Corps, 1st Anzac Mounted Division, England | |
| 18 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 4th Machine Gun Company, England. | |
| 8 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 24th Machine Gun Company, Belgium | |
| 25 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Machine Gun Company, Belgium | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 24th Machine Gun Company, Polygon Wood | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 24th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres |
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Previous military service:
Served in 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, SN 1268, Boer War;
Sgt Major 9th Light Horse Regt, Bendigo.
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