Thomas Henry COOKE

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COOKE, Thomas Henry

Service Number:	21501
Enlisted:	18 January 1916, Enlisted at Parkes,NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	9th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Helston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 1866
Home Town:	Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farrier-Shoeing Smith
Died:	Pneumonia, Military Hospital, Fargo, United Kingdom, 16 August 1916
Cemetery:	Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave 100, Durrington Cemetery, Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hillston Memorial Park Gates, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Parkes District Roll of Honor, Parkes Remembrance Walk

World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 21501, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Parkes,NSW
11 May 1916:	Involvement 21501, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
11 May 1916:	Embarked 21501, 9th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement 21501, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 21501 awm_unit: 9th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Farrier awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Albert Cooke; husband of Lilian Maud Cooke of Curragway Street, Parkes, NSW; father of Amy Cooke

Medal: British War Medal

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Jun 1866 Thomas H Helston 5c 247

Baptized 03 Mar 1867 as Thomas Henry Cook

Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Father Albert Cook

Mother Jane Cook

Enlistment date 18 January 1916

9th Field Artillery Brigade, Brigade Ammunition Column
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 11 May 1916-he was said to be 43 at the time but he was not truthful as to his age.
Rank from Nominal Roll Private

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Thomas Henry’s Commonwealth War Graves Commission record