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Edward Leslie Youmans Cockroft

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  • Service number
    WWI 2/2387 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Edward Leslie Youmans Cockroft AWMM
    • Edward Leslie AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 136 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 136 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Leslie Youmans AWMM
  • Surname
    Cockroft AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Edward Leslie Youmans Cockroft AWMM
    • Edward Leslie AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2/2387 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1895 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Georgetown, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Arthur Cockroft (father), Georgetown, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 November 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 2/2387 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Otago, New Zealand 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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  • Son of Arthur Cockroft and Margaret Cockroft.

    Name is recorded as Edward Leslie Cockroft in Nominal Rolls, as Edward Leslie Youmans Cockroft in Archives New Zealand AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1960 AWMM
    Age 64 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 136 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
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