Edward Cockburn

Forenames

Edward AWMM

Surname

Cockburn AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/602 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Margaret Cockburn (mother), Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/602 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Railway clerk/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916-12 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, D Company AWMM

Edward Cockburn was the son of Edward and Margaret Cockburn, of Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

19 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Bethleem Farm West Cemetery, Messines, Belgium AWMM D. 14. AWMM

Memorial name

Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21895565
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/102628/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/102628
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 42. The blast : the magazine of the Third Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. (1917). London: John Long Ltd. ; [On board ship] : [H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, Ulimaroa]
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  24: 14
• HMNZT 42 - The D3 : the unofficial squeal of D Company 3rd Battalion N.Z.R.B. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, 'Ulimaroa'.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.