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Cock-C-M-Eng-Mid

Page history last edited by Lenore Frost 5 years, 11 months ago

Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

 

Australian Naval and Military Expedition Force  Victorian Naval Officers of the RAN landing party in

German New Guinea 11 September 1914.  Engineer Midshipman C M Cock, RANR is seated on the right.

 

Cock C M             Eng. Mid        Charles Matthew               Aust Naval & Mil               Pres       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Mt Alexander Rd, 732   

Next of Kin:    Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    5 Aug 1914       

Embarked:        

 

Relatives on Active Service

Cock S J E Pte 4379 brother

 

Herbertshohe, New Britain.  circa 1915.  Group portrait of naval officers of the Australian Naval and

Military Expeditionary Force to German New Guinea. R L Buller is seated in the front row fifth from

the left, and C M Cock of Moonee Ponds is sixth  from the left.  Australian War Memorial Collection.

http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P01640.001

 

Cock's name and address appeared in a list published in The Argus on 14 September 1914 of Victorians who left for German New Guinea:

GERMAN NEW GUINEA. (1914, September 14). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7. Retrieved March 3, 2014, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10806307

 

See also:

The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force - First to Fight, 1914   Royal Australian Navy

 

From A6769 - National Archives of Australia

N&MEF 14 Aug 1914 to 18 Feb 1915
N&MEF 19 Feb 1915 to 6 Mar 1915

Encounter 12 Jul 1915 to 21 Jan 1916
Cerburus 22 Jan 1916 to 27 Mar 1916

Also served in RN during war period.
RANB Royal Australian Naval Brigade
Promoted Lieutenant (E) RANB 1 Jul 1920

 

ENGINEER PROMOTED
Charles Matthew Cock, oldest son of Mr James Cock, of Essendon, formerly of Wil-
liamstown, has been made sub-lieutenant in the British Navy. He is on board H.M.S.
Prince of Wales. He served his apprenticeship as an engineer at the Newport Work
shops, and enlisted on August 5, 1914. With the rank of engineer-midshipman he pro-
ceeded to New Guinea, and was at the landing and capture of the German settlement.
After six months at Rabaul he returned to the Commonwealth, and served nine months
on H.M.A.S. Encounter. Coming to Victoria he passed his examination for sub
lieutenant and proceeded to England as fourth engineer In a Commonwealth transport.
Private Sydney J. Cock, a brother, is attached to the 12th Reinforcements, 1st Pioneers.
He also served his apprenticeship as an engineer at the Newport Workshops.

ENGINEER PROMOTED (1917, December 8). The Herald

 (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), p. 14.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242442672

 

War Service Commemorated

Essendon Town Hall A-F

St John's Presbyterian Church

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