Thomas COCKETT DCM

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COCKETT, Thomas

Service Number:	914
Enlisted:	21 July 1915, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	14th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	London, England, 1889
Home Town:	Jolimont, Subiaco, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Metal Polisher
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 914, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Perth, Western Australia
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 914, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 914, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
14 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Field Artillery Brigade
15 Apr 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1

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Biography

"SERGEANT T. COCKETT, D.C.M.

Miss Emily Hakendoff, of Edmund-avenue, Unley, has received news that Sergeant T. Cockett has been awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He is the only son of the late Mrs. J. Cockett, of Western Australia, and enlisted in Adelaide on July 6, 1915. He is 22 years of age. The action for which he received the distinction took place on July 10. Sergeant Cockett became the sole survivor of a gun's crew. He continued firing alone, and only ceased when his gun sustained a direct hit from an enemy shell." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 04 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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