Rev. Norman Cocks was born in Harrow, Middlesex, UK. He went to Hackney and New College, London, and was ordained at Skinner St. Congregational Church, Poole, Dorset on 25 November 1934. His Pastorates in England were Poole, 1934-1940, and High Cross Tottenham, 1940-1945. Rev. Cocks was then appointed to the post of Australian and New Zealand Secretary of the London Missionary Society, 1945-1970. He transferred to the Anglican Church in Tasmania, and was ordained deacon in St. David's Hobart on 19 October 1970 and was subsequently ordained as an Anglican priest. His portrait is in the LMS Chronicles of Feb 1945 and June 1947.
From the description of Struts and frets his hour, 1987 : the autobiography of the Australian and New Zealand Secretary of the London Missionary Society, 1945-1970. [microform]. (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 78118322
