COCHRAN, Frank Eardley
| Service Numbers: | 505, 461, Major, 2nd Regiment South African Infantry |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1902, Langwarrin, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified South African Army Units |
| Born: | Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, 4 January 1882 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 24 March 1918, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Poziers Memorial: Panels 96. |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 505, Victorian Citizen Bushmen | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 461, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
| 10 Mar 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 505, Victorian Citizen Bushmen, per Euryalus, Port Melbourne | |
| 2 May 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 505, Victorian Citizen Bushmen, RTA invalided per Tongariro, disembarked Sydney, entrained to Melbourne | |
| 7 Jan 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 461, 2nd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Langwarrin, Victoria |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted Other Commonwealth Forces, Lieutenant, Unspecified South African Army Units, 2nd Regiment South African Infantry | |
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| 28 Dec 1917: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, MID LG Sup 28 December 1917 pg. 13576 | |
| 24 Mar 1918: | Involvement Other Commonwealth Forces, Major, 2nd Regiment South African Infantry, Unspecified South African Army Units, Battle of Marrieres Wood | |
| 24 Mar 1918: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Major | |
| 28 May 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, MID LG Sup 28 May 1918 pg. 6205 | |
| 3 Jun 1918: | Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, D.S.O. London Gazette 3 June 1918: "For distinguished service in connection with military operations in France and Flanders." |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by VWM Australia
Mrs. John Cochran, of 5 North-road, Elsternwick, has received a cable from the War Office to the effect that her son, Major Frank Eardley Cochran, of the South African Infantry, is missing since the 24th March. Major Cochran left for South Africa as a member of the 1st Victorian Bushmen's Contingent during the Boer War, was invalided home, and returned again with the 1st Commonwealth Contingent. At the cessation of the Boer War he remained in South Africa. At the outbreak of the present war he fought through the German South-West African campaign as Staff-Captain under Colonel Royston, of Royston's Horse. He then left for France with the South African Infantry, and has been in France for the last eighteen months, and attained the rank of Major. Major Cochran is one of the leading South African tennis players, having won numerous championships. He partnered the late Anthony Wilding when he visited the Transvaal. Trove (nla.gov.au) (final para on pg2)
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