
COCK, John Raymond
Service Number: | 42564 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR) |
Born: | Adelaide, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 8 February 1939 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Soldier |
Died: | Killed in action, South Vietnam, 19 January 1969, aged 29 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens Path 11 Site 710A |
Memorials: | Adelaide South East Asian Conflicts Memorial, Adelaide Vietnam War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grafton Clarence Valley Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Kallangur Vietnam Veterans' Place |
Vietnam War Service
1 Jul 1962: | Involvement Sergeant, SN 42564 | |
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5 Nov 1968: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, SN 42564, 9th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment (9RAR), Operation Goodwood |
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Birth: Feb. 8, 1939
Adelaide
South Australia, Australia
Death: Jan. 19, 1969
Ba Ria-Vung Tau, Vietnam
42564 Sergeant John Raymond Cock Age 29.
9th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment
Cock was killed in action in Phuoc Tuy Province, 19th January 1969.
Information from Find a Grave Memorial
42564 Sgt John Raymond Cock
8th February, 1939 – 19th January, 1969
Derrick Gardens, Path 11, Grave 710A, Centennial Park Cemetery, SA
42564 Sgt John Raymond Cock was born in Adelaide, SA. Aged 29 years, Sergeant John Cock of 2 Platoon, A Company, 9 RAR was killed by an enemy Anti-Tank Weapon (RPG) penetrating A Company’s perimeter while on Operation Goodwood.
9 RAR, with other Australian Battalions, was heavily engaged with the enemy in the area known as Hat Dich, 30 km n.w. of Nuit Dat.
Information from 9th Battalion RAR SA