Tuesday 20th October 1914

John Thomas Cockerill, who had deserted from Frensham on 6th October and had subsequently (on 17th October) been convicted by a military court, was discharged from the Army on grounds of being 'not likely to become an efficient soldier', due to his having 'a dilated heart'. A final decision on the fate of George Clark, who had deserted with Cockerill, was deferred to a later date.