Studio portrait of 2578 Private Arthur Raymond Humphrys Cochrane 12th Battalion, of Raymond ...

Accession Number P05301.117
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Photomechanical print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: New South Wales, Australia: New South Wales
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of 2578 Private Arthur Raymond Humphrys Cochrane 12th Battalion, of Raymond Terrace, NSW. Son of John Humphrys Cochrane and Mary Cochrane, of Ewingsdale, Byron Bay, NSW. A farmer prior to enlisting on 6 August 1915 he embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT Seang Bee (A48) on 21 October 1915. He was killed in action on 19 August 1916 in France, aged 35. He was buried beside the Albert - Bapaume Road, South West of Pozieres but his grave was lost and he is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.