Eric Alexander COCHRANE

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COCHRANE, Eric Alexander

Service Number:	QX17043
Enlisted:	20 July 1940
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2 Company Australian Army Service Corps
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 17 September 1904
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Illness, Borneo, 6 October 1944, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Labuan War Cemetery Section N, Row A, Plot 3,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, QX17043
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted
20 Jul 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX17043
6 Oct 1944:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2 Company Australian Army Service Corps

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Private Cochrane QX17043 served with the 2nd Company, Australian Army Service Corps. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as part of B Force. The 1494 POWs that made up B Force were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942.

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