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Culmer Hurst COCKRILL

Regimental number336
Place of birthGorleston on Sea, Suffolk, England
SchoolGreat Yarmouth College, England
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Address239 Lowestoft Road, Gorleston-on-sea, Suffolk, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, S Cockrill, 239 Lowestoft Road, Gorleston-on-sea, Suffolk, England
Previous military serviceServed in Great Yarmouth Territorials.
Enlistment date13 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row A, Grave No. 5), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Septimus W. and Ada E. COCKRILL, 239 Lowestoft Road, Gorleston, Norfolk, England

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