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COCHRAN, Richard John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | NX57309 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 December 1916 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Died: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 11 February 2004, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
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World War 2 Service
| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, NX57309, 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE | |
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| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX57309 | |
| 7 Dec 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, "Dick" would luckily go on to survive his incarceration as a Japanese P.O.W. at Changi Prison, Singapore. | |
| 6 Dec 1945: | Discharged Corporal, NX57309, 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE | |
| 6 Dec 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, NX57309 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, NX57309, 2nd/12th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
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