Corporal

James Cockerell

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Cockerell, of Sutton, Central Otago, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
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James is my great Uncle, my Mother being his brother David's daughter, Isobel. In 2005, I visited his grave in Ypres, Belgium....a very poignant moment as we were with around 80 French students and t... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
8/2876
Name:
James Cockerell
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
A. Cockerell (father), Middlemarch, Otago, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Gladbrook Station, Middlemarch, Central Otago, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
12 October 1917
Day of Death:
Friday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
7th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
09 October 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
Vessel:
Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
XI. B. 6.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
James Cockerell
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