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COOK, Sydney
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 81 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Essex County High School, England |
| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 81, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sapper, 81, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sapper, 81, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 36th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was born at 35 White Lion Street, London EC, England and at age 18 arrived in Australia. From the rank of Sapper in the 1st Field Company Engineers, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant with the 36th Battalion, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He fell at Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium aged 24.
He was the son of Alfred and Clara Cook, of 10, Benton Rd., Seven Kings, Essex, England.
In the United Kingdom, he is commemorated in the Ilford War Memorial Gazette and in the Ilford War Memorial Hall, Newbury Park, Ilford
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