John Graham Antill Pockley

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Biography2nd Lt Pockley originally served as a Private with the Australian Army Medical Corps Hospital Transports.

On 24 January 1917 he embarked with the 7th Reinforcements from Sydney on HMAT Anchises. Later promoted to Lieutenant he was killed in action on 30 March 1918 at Hangard Wood, France , aged 26.

Pockley was shot when advancing under fire. He refused to be carried away until others were attended to and died where he fell and was buried nearby.

Following the Armistice his grave could not be located and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.

His brother Captain Brian Colden Antill Pockley, Australian Army Medical Corps, was killed in action at Rabaul and was the first Australian officer to be killed in the First World War.

John Graham Antill Pockley is also commemorated on the war memorial of St Andrew's Anglican Church, Wahroonga.Age26Date of Death30 March 1918Civil employmentGrazierRelationshipsSon of Dr Francis Antill Pockley and Helen Clare Pockley (née Hooke) of "Greystanes", Burns Road, Wahroonga. Brother of Brien Colden Antill Pockley who also died in the war. Husband of Nancy Julia Pockley (née Sargood) whose family lived at "Rippon Grange", Water Street, Wahroonga.

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Studio portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (2nd Lt) John Graham Antill Pockley, 33rd Battalion.

Service Information

RankLieutenantRegiment33rd Battalion, AIFPlace of enlistmentQueens Park, NSW Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Place of embarkmentSydney, NSW Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

Date of embarkment14 July 1915 Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

BattleVillers-BretonneuxMemorial/Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, FranceWahroonga War MemorialMemorial NotesAlso commemorated on the war memorial of St Andrew's Anglican Church, Wahroonga. Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

KeywordsFirst World War Last edited by: Neil Chippendale

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