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COCHRANE, John
(Service number 53737)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	30/07/1887	Place of Birth	Edinburgh, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	J Cochrane (father) 43 Whittaker Road, Derby, England
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZ Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	27th Reinforcements G Company
Date	16 July 1917
Transport	HMNZT 88 Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Liverpool

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, 3rd

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	27 March 1918	Age	31
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	kia
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Auchonvillers Military cemetery, Somme, France
Memorial Reference	II.L.42
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Waimate First World War Memorial?

Biographical Notes

son of John and Elizabeth Cochrane. Can find no connection with Sth Canterbury. Last known address Olrig Station, Hastings. J Cochrane could also relate to one of the JA Cochrane's as both have a Waimate connection

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG

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