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COBCROFT, John Vernon
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1548, N273097 |
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Enlisted: | 29 September 1915 |
Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF) |
Born: | Scone, New South Wales, Australia, 21 September 1882 |
Home Town: | Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Muswellbrook Grammar School, Maitland High School and Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation: | Rubber Planter |
Died: | Natural causes, St Marys, New South Wales, Australia, 6 November 1948, aged 66 years |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Cremated |
Memorials: | Maitland High School Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1548 | |
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9 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
31 Oct 1917: | Involvement 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
31 Oct 1917: | Embarked 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
23 Apr 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
15 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
15 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion, HT Ypiringa, England for return to Australia - disembarking Melbourne 5 July 1919, then by rail to Sydney, arriving 6 July 1919. | |
30 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
21 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), N273097, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF), Corporal | |
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31 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), N273097, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF), Sergeant |
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