[1] Father Anthony was born in a mining district near Camborne, Cornwall, England,[2] emigrating to the Colony of South Australia, before marrying Elizabeth George from Auburn.

[5] She was formally appointed on 12 November 1915, along with Miss Annie Ross,[6] to commence on 1 December 1915 as South Australia's first woman police constables.

By June 1934 when announcing her intention to retire, she had fourteen female officers, double that of the next nearest force of NSW.

[15] After retirement in 1935, Kate Cocks worked with the Methodist Women's Home Mission Association to care for homeless girls, and she served as voluntary superintendent until 1951.

The facility provided health care services and housing for single young women and girls who were pregnant or who had recently given birth.

Kate Cocks Memorial Babies' Home closed in 1976, and the Methodist Church developed the land into an aged care facility currently called Eldercare Oxford Retirement Village.

[22] Cocks died aged 79 at the Memorial Hospital, Adelaide, on Friday, 20 August 1954, after a short illness.