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Colin Albert Cockerill
1913 - Aft 1969

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• Birth	1913
  Gender	Male
  Died	Aft 1968
  Person ID	I1297	Inverell Forsyths
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Albert Cockerill,   b. 1872, Queensland ,   d. 25 Feb 1946, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
  Mother	Maude May Holder,   b. 18 Mar 1888, Qld Reg No 003080 Page No 6820 ,   d. 14 Dec 1967, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
  Married	19 Sep 1908	Qld Reg No 001703 Page No 11920
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Norma Ivy ??
  Family ID	F515	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954) Saturday 10 May 1952 p 6 DESERTED BY HUSBAND Married nine years ago when she was 16 years of age, Norma Ivy Cockerill, of Ewingsdale, New South Wales, petitioned Mr Justice J. A. Sheehy in the Supreme Court yesterday for divorce from Colin Albert Cockerill, a stock- man in the Northern Terri- tory, on the grounds of deser- tion. The action was unde- fended. The plaintiff stated that when she lodged the petition she lived at Zonia Downs, near Julia Creek, North-west Queensland. She and the de- fendant were married at Eids- vold on June 3, 1943, and they lived at Cracow where her husband was a stockman. They left Cracow late in 1945 be- cause her husband was tired of the job there and wanted other work. They stayed in Rockhampton a few months while he did fencing. They then moved to the Toowoomba district where her husband looked after racehorses. She asked him to settle down and provide a home for her. However, in February, 1947, they moved north to Charters Towers and then after a few months, they went to Prairie, near Hughenden, and her husband took a posi- tion as stockman on a station. He wanted to move again after a few weeks. She asked him to have some consideration for her and the children and set- tle down. He stayed, but com- menced to drink heavily. Witness said she and the children were living on en- dowment and £1 or £2 her husband gave her .When she told him she must earn some money he said he didn't care. She did washing for people in Hughenden and then was a cook on a station. When she saw her husband she again asked him about providing a home, but he was content to let things continue as they were. She returned to Hughenden about September, 1947, and there commenced an association with another man. Since then she had worked on various stations in the Rich- mond and Cloncurry districts. Witness said she last saw her husband in November, 1949. He could not write, but someone else had written a letter from Camooweal for him asking to see the children. They met at Julia Creek. During 1951 she wrote to her husband telling him that if he did not intend to make a home for her and support her she would start divorce proceedings. His Honour granted an order nisi returnable after three months, the plaintiff to have custody of the two children. The defendant was ordered to pay the costs. Mr P. Connolly (instructed by Messrs Swanwick, Murray and Roche) appeared for the plaintiff.