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Cenotaph record

John Stringer Cockburn

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 90), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 90), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Stringer AWMM
  • Surname
    Cockburn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 82443 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 March 1898 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S. Cockburn (mother), Roxburgh, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 82443 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 18 June 1918 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Rabbiter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 February 1965 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 66 AWMM
    Dunedin, Otago Allan Steel Cemetery Project
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 30S, Plot 22 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21895573
    Further Reference
  • References
    • HMNZT 111 - Camouflage : ye booke of ye Left Winge of ye 43rd New Zealand Reinforcement, made by Officers and Men. Colledge, H.B. (Herbert Broomfield), editor. Jordan, T. (Thomas), editor. -- [At sea] : [Magazine committee] : 1918. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      90: 16 AWMM
    • Epilogue : being a souvenir of our voyage in the s.s. "Rimutaka". As transport HMNZT 296 the "Rimutaka" departed Liverpool 8th November 1919 and arrived Wellington on 5th January 1920. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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