Albert Dixon COCHRANE

Regimental number10/313
Date of birth5 September 1889
Place of birthReefton
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTailor
Address25 River Bank, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25.11
Height5' 5.5"
Weight122 lbs
Next of kinW Cochrane, 9 Shakespeare Street, Greymouth
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Volunteers; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWanganui
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 19), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Martha Jane Cochrane, Kilgour Road, Greymouth
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Rejoined 4th Training Bn, Zeitoun, from venereal treatment, Malta, 11 June 1915.

Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 16 June 1915; rejoined Bn, 22 June 1915.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 9 July 1915 (gastritis); transferred to 24th Casualty Clearing Station, 22 July 1915; rejoined Bn, Anzac Cove, 30 July 915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

War service: 357 days (of which 320 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22024360, File 21895523

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