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Military service
Service number:
192775
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
July 29, 1888
Enlistment:
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
August 28, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. G. 14.
Additional information
Son of Hugh arld Marion Cockburn. of 115, Pauline Avenue, Toronto.
Digital gallery of Private Hugh Cockburn
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Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Cockburn enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Cockburn enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Circumstances of Death Registers
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR Surnames: CLEAL TO CONNOLLY. Microform Sequence 21; Volume Number 31829_B016730. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 165. Page 467 of 1384. Exhumed from: Bois du Sart British Cemetery. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram April 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Cockburn
Digital gallery of
Private Hugh Cockburn
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 386 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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