She was awarded the Associate Royal Red Cross and thrice Mentioned in Despatches for her wartime service.

[2] By December 1914, the First World War had started and Pocock was already in Cairo as part of the Australian Imperial Force.

For over six months starting in July 1915 she was in charge and looking after wounded soldiers as they were ferried from the Gallipoli campaign.

[2] In July 1916, Pocock moved from Marseilles and Wimereux in France to the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station in Trois Arbres near Steenwerck.

She was twice Mentioned in Despatches and was awarded the Associate Royal Red Cross for her wartime service.