Service Details
Name:
 POCOCK
Given Name:
 AUSTIN ALFRED
Initials:
 A A
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Horse
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Unit:
 5th
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Unit 2:
 "B" Sqdn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Cullinans Horse
Date of Death:
 1917-01-16
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Date of Birth:
 1881-11-04
Age:
 35
Cause of Death:
 Died of appendicitis and heart failure
Additional
Information:
Son of Hedley Agard and Amelia Jane Pocock. Husband of Claridge Eliza (nee Impey) Pocock, of Dundee, Natal. A civil servant. Educated at Bishops Diocesan College, Rondebosch, where he was a member of the Rugby XV in the 1900 and 1901 seasons. Commissioned initially into Enslin's Horse, he transferred to the 5th South African Horse with the rank of Captain on 11 April 1916 (with seniority from 26 January 1915), and served with them during the Great War. Invalided back to South Africa, aboard the transport Aragon in November 1916.
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 PRETORIA OLD CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 D. D. Wes. 54.

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