Lyell POCOCK

POCOCK, Lyell

    Service Number: 4577
    Enlisted: 14 September 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 6th Infantry Battalion
    Born: East Shelbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1899
    Home Town: Marong, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 15 August 1916
    Cemetery: Becourt Military Cemetery
    Plot I, Row V, Grave No. 17, Becourt Military Cemetery, Albert, Picardie, France, Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kangaroo Flat East Shelbourne State School Roll of Honor
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    World War 1 Service

    14 Sep 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4577, 6th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    28 Jan 1916: Involvement Private, 4577, 6th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    28 Jan 1916: Embarked Private, 4577, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
    15 Aug 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4577, 6th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, No details. Evacuated to 1st Aust Field Ambulance at Albert, where he died of his wounds the same day.

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Private Lyell Pocock (4577, 6th Battalion) was born in East Shelbourne, Victoria, and was working as a farm labourer when he enlisted in September 1915.

    Lyell joined the 6th Btn on 30 July 1916 and died on 15 August 1916 of wounds received earlier that day during action at Mouquet Farm. He is buried in the Becourt Military Cemetery, Albert, France.

    Lyell’s father wrote that he was 17 years and 6 months.

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