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COCHRANE, Peter William Henry Studholme
(Service number )

Timaru South School Memorial plaque, 2010 — Mounted on a brick pillar at the School's front gate (South Canterbury Museum )

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Birth

Date	03/03/1905	Place of Birth	Timaru

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Military Service

Served with	New Zealand Armed Forces (?)	Served in
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Death

Date	21 October 1915	Age	26
Place of Death	Timaru, NZ
Cause	unknown
Notices	Timaru Herald, Volume CIII, Issue 15790, 23 October 1915, Page 1
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Row 1, Plot 36
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

son of Peter and Agnes Letham Cochrane, Queen St, Timaru. No war record on Auckland Cenotaph or NZ Archives. Birth registered as Peter John Henry Studholme. Other brother who served is Thomas Waddell Cochrane 6/2095

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Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG

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