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COCHRANE, John Alexander
(Service number 7/ 31)

1st Contingent 8th S.C.M.R. to leave Waimate for the 1914-1918 War — Pictured are:
Back: Rainey, G; Frost, R; Julian, W; Cochrane, John; Tennant, John; Cochrane, James; Nichol N; Cameron, C; Robins; Rickman, E A; ?
3rd R: McKenzie, J (alexander John); Duggan, M; Tobin ,J; Tavendale, W; Campbell, J; Gynes; Hodgson, J; McKenzie, R S (Percy?); Samuels, H [actually Henry Samuel Miniss]; Copland; Fitzharris, P; Gill, J
2nd R: Fraser; Whitta, J H; Carr, J; Manchester, A R; Wain, P J; Finlay, John; Bailey, G C; Sloan, P; Bell, N; Menzies, W; Spencer, E; Ryan, E
Front: McGrath, W; Keane, T; Wall, T; Hunt; ?; Hogan, H (Courtesy of Waimate Museum & Archives, P2183 )

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	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	27 Sept 1892	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Alexander Cochrane, Deep Creek, Waimate
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	HMNZT 4, 11 Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttleton, Canterbury	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

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	13 August 1915	Age	22
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Chunuk Bair (NZ) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference	Panel 4
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial?

Biographical Notes

son of Alexander and Jessie Cochrane, Waimate. 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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Not assigned.

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