Cocks/John

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Last name
Cocks
First name
John Fraser
  • 23 year old law student, a brilliant member of the University Law School
  • was articled as a clerk to a firm of city solicitors. He was in third year of Law School
  • member of University debating team
  • had recently returned from a long vacation taken for health reasons
  • City Coroner unable to understand why he ended his life by jumping bridge
  • evidence he had been suffering a nervous complaint
  • his books at the office were stated to be in order
Date of attempt
Newspaper
Newcastle Morning Herad and Miners' Advocate, 11 October 1933, p. 8
The Mercury, 4 October 1933, p. 9
Gender
Male
status
Died