COCHRANE, Stanley

Stanley Warrender Cochrane was born in London in 1880, the second youngest of 6 sisters and 2 brothers. His father Robert was employed with Brooks, Robinson & Co, Melbourne based glass merchants. The family migrated to Melbourne in 1883, residing in the Hawthorn area. Stanley grew up and was educated in Melbourne, pursuing post graduate medical degrees in Scotland. He married Edith Collis in 1915 in Melbourne. He joined the Army Reserve as a Medical Practitioner late 1917. In March 1918 he was appointed to the Australian Army Medical Corps, disembarking from Sydney on the HMT "Field Marshall" in June, arriving in the UK late August. By mid September he was assigned to the 1st Allied General Hospital in Rouen. From this time till conflict ended he served with the 6th Ambulance Field corps. He remained in France until May 1919 with temporary assignments with the 4th Field Ambulance corps, 22nd Battalion and Casualty Clearing Centre. After returning to the AIF headquarters in Folkestone, he was granted leave to pursue a post medical graduate course in London. He arrived back in Australia in January 1920 with his appointment terminated the following month. Stanley remained in the Army reserves until at least 1927. After the war, he and his wife moved to Mitcham where he remained in medical practice until his death in 1950. He leaves a valued legacy in the Dr Stanley Cochrane Memorial Kindergarten which operates today in Mitcham.