Ronald Harry COOK

COOK, Ronald Harry

Service Number: VX37490
Enlisted: 22 July 1940
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 25 January 1920
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Presumed, Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, 23 January 1942, aged 21 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Rabaul War Cemetery and Memorial Kokopo, Kokopo District, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea Panel 20.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, VX37490
22 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX37490, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Ronald Harry COOK (VX37490), a Trombone player from Moreland Corps Band, aged 19, single, and previously a clerk, enlisted at the Victoria Street Drill Hall on 15 July 1940. Cook was inducted into the AIF at Royal Park on 22 July 1940. “Ron" Cook was also a member of The Salvation Army’s premier band located in Melbourne, the Territorial Staff Band.