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COCHRANE, Andrew
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1130 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1914, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, 22 April 1888 |
| Home Town: | Belmore, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Tobacconist |
| Died: | Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, 21 April 1969, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Ashes scattered and a plaque mounted at WW1 Memorial Gardens, Rookwood Cemetery. |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1130, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 7 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Chilka embarkation_ship_number: A51 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Chilka, Sydney | |
| 25 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1130, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1130, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 19 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1130, 6th Light Horse Regiment |
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"...1130 Trooper Andrew Cochrane, 6th Light Horse Regiment, of Sydney, NSW. Pte Cochrane enlisted on 6 December 1914 and embarked aboard HMAT Chilka on 7 June 1915... He was promoted to corporal and returned to Australia on 27 June 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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