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COCHRANE, John Alexander
(Service number 29738)

Trooper J A Cochrane — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Waimate volunteers for the Main Body, 1914 — Those pictured are identified on the verso as (from left to right): BACK ROW: J Cochrane, J Ryan*, J McGillery, Wilson, J Jobin, J Horgan, M Duggan, A Hodgen, H Minniss*, Hunt, A Kirby, E Leonard, W Tavendale*; 2nd ROW: J Tennant, J Cochrane*, J Carr*, M Bell*, IMC Thatche(?), Lieut. Guinness*, Major P Wain, SM [Sergeant-Major] Dixon, AR Manchester, Hoskins, R Bee, Hunt; FRONT ROW: J Wall, Horgan, P Sullivan, R Frost, R J Waldie, L Wilson*, Robbins, A Martin, J Campbell*, J Gynes

NB: Those names marked with an asterisk (*) were underlined in red as "killed or died of wounds". (Courtesy of R Waldie. South Canterbury Museum L2014/025.01)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	13/01/1887	Place of Birth	Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Carter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	married
Next of Kin	Mrs J A Cochrane (wife) c/- T Hamilton, Matewai, Waihao Downs, Canterbury
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	18th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Date	16 October 1916
Transport	HMNZT 66 Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion

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	12 October 1917	Age	31
Place of Death	Ypres, Belguim
Cause	kia
Notices	Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16397, 21 November 1917, Page 5
Memorial or Cemetery	Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial?

Biographical Notes

husband of Janet Morton(married 25 Mar 1910 Darvell, Scotland, father of Annie born 14 Sept 1910, Darvell, Scotland. Possibly shown as J Cochrane on Waimate Memorial

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG

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