In Memory Of

POCOCK, AUSTIN ALFRED

Service Details
Age:
 35
Date of Birth:
 1881-11-04
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 5th
Unit 2:
 "B" Sqdn.
Regiment:
 South African Horse
Former Regiment:
 formerly Cullinans Horse
Date of Death:
 1917-01-16
Cause of Death:
 Died of appendicitis and heart failure
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 D. D. Wes. 54.
Cemetery:
 PRETORIA OLD CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Gauteng
Country:
 South Africa
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.