11th Battalion
Killed In Action
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Daniel Cocking (SN 980) was born in Ballarat but was a prospector in Western Australia when he enlisted on September 4th 1914. He embarked from Fremantle on November 2nd 1914 on board the Ascanius with the 11th Battalion. Illness limited his time at Gallipoli, but after a period in Egypt he reached France in April 1916. He was amongst the first losses in France when, on May 30th 1916, he was killed in action. He was 30 years of age and in buried in the Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery.
