Corp. Cockfield 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade AIF

 
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Enlisted at Sydney 17 August 1914; voyage on SS Euripides; rendevous at Albany of whole First Division sent by Australia and New Zealand; sinking of Emden; crossing the line ceremonies; disembarking at Alexandria; training at Mina Camp; embarkation on SS Lake Michigan to Gallipoli on April 25th; 'snipers', difficult to get water; Turkish attack in mid May - his pal Corporal McArthur shot; truce for burial of Turkish dead; flies and dysentery in heat of summer; August 6th advance on Lone Pine Plateau; scarcity of bombs - Turkish bombs thrown back; well built Turkish trenches enabled Australians to sit out bombardment; utilising part of the trench for burials; 11th relieved; out of 1000 men in the battalion 240 survived; embarked on hospital ship Neuralian to Lemnos; all hospitals in Egypt full, sent to England, Grove House, Harrogate.
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Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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