COCKBURN, Sydney James
| Service Numbers: | 1845, N242350 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 8 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrician |
| Died: | Gymea, Werriwa, New South Wales, Australia, 1 October 1951, aged 53 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Childers Doolbi & Horton Honour Board, Maryborough City Hall Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1845, 2nd/4th Pioneer Battalion | |
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| 12 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1845, 4th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mooltan embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 12 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1845, 4th Pioneer Battalion, RMS Mooltan, Sydney | |
| 30 Jan 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1845, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 6 Oct 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1845, 4th Pioneer Battalion, per Pakeha | |
| 2 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1845, 4th Pioneer Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Jun 1942: | Enlisted N242350 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sydney was the youngest of eight children of James Charles Cockburn (born 1850 in Ayrshire, Scotland) and Ann Charlotte Francis (born 1953 in Woolongong, NSW). James arrived in Brisbane QLD in 1862 and worked as a Blacksmith. He and Ann married in 1877.
Sydney - who had seved for 5 years with the Cadets (1st Field Coy (AE) in Maryborough, was an Electrician when he enlisted in 1915 in the AIF. He served as a Private (Service no: 1845) with 4th Pioneer Battalion and was WIA in 1917. Sydney was Discharged in 1920. Older bother Ernest also served in the AIF as a Private (Service No: 366).
Sydney married Iris Mary Harrison (born 1907 in Liverpool, NSW) in 1926 in Newtown, NSW. He and Iris settled in Annandale where Sydney worked as a Labourer. In 1942 he served with the ACMF as a Private (Service No: N242350), and in 1943 the family moved to Gymea Bay in Werriwa, NSW. Sydney worked as a Powder Monkey and a PMG Linesman until his death in Gymea Bay in 1951. Iris died in 1974
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