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COCKERELL, George Thomas Keith

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	15 July 1942
Last Rank:	Sub Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Royal Australian Navy
Born:	Kingsville, Victoria, Australia , 19 August 1921
Home Town:	Kingsville, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Clerk
Died:	Accidental (Jeep overturned), Oro Bay, New Guinea, 25 January 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea CWGC Grave No: Section B. Plot 6. Row E. Grave 1. Inscription: "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE. OUR ONLY SON EVER REMEMBERED".
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World War 2 Service

15 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, Officer
25 Jan 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, Royal Australian Navy
25 Jan 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, Officer, Royal Australian Navy, Posted to HMAS Ladava (land base). Accidentally Killed Oro Bay, New Guinea when jeep he was travelling in overturned.

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