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Cenotaph record

Marshall Cocker

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Wreath, 1999, laid by the Greek Community on the Cenotaph in Auckland and later moved to the Hall of Memories, Auckland War Memorial Museum on Anzac Day 1999 in memory of those who died in Greece. - This image may be subject to copyright

Wreath, 1999, laid by the Greek Community on the Cenotaph in Auckland and later moved to the Hall of …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Marshall AWMM
  • Surname
    Cocker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mike Public - Ross - Other Relative - 6 April 2015 - Family Researcher
  • Service number
    5172 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    3 January 1918 Public - Ross - Other Relative - 6 April 2015 - Family Researcher
  • Place of birth
    Wellington District Public - Ross - Other Relative - 6 April 2015 - Family Researcher
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o Mr R.C. Wilson, Raetihi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Joseph Cocker (father), Farewell Spit, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Greece AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    5172 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Greece POW Deaths (R25405152)
    Kapareli Thebes AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
      Died whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM
    • 21 October 1941 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Killed after recapture. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Marshall Cocker was the son of Joseph and Jessie Millicent Cocker, of Naenae, Wellington. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    21 October 1941 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Greece, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM 8. C. 1. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Remembered ...
    Public - Pamela Joy - Direct descendant - 23 April 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 39 AWMM
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 April 2017Pamela JoyWestport, New ZealandDirect descendant
06 April 2015Ross New Zealand Other Relative

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