| Regimental number | 11171 |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Next of kin | Father, Oswald Cockroft, Bootmaker, Bluff |
| Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 12th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimoroa on |
| Final rank | Private |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mr and Mrs Oswald Cockroft, Arm Street, Bluff, Invercargill |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 30, p. 11 |