Edward COCKBURN

Regimental number25/602
OccupationRailway clerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Cockburn, Waikaia, Southland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitD Company, 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 19 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBethleem Farm West Cemetery (Row D, Grave No 14), Mesen, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Margaret Cockburn, Waikaia, Southland, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 14

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