Thomas Henry COCKSEDGE

Regimental number2041
Place of birthSurry Hills, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTinsmith
Address25 Charles Street, Forest Lodge, Sydney,NSW
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, Thos. Henry Cocksedge, 166 Hereford Street, Forest Lodge, sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name33rd Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/50/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 10 April 1916 - 33rd Bn 3rd Reinforcements; taken on strength 33rd Bn 26 October 1916; transferred to 9th MG Coy 16 January 1917; rejoined 33rd Bn 26 February 1917; wounded Messines 16 February 1917.
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or woundingSomme, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row I, Grave No. 6), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Henry and Ellen COCKSEDGE. Born at Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal