COOKE, Rolla Maxwell
| Service Number: | 402316 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 145 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 November 1917 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia. |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Aircraft Accident, Catterick Aerodrome, United Kingdom, 4 November 1941, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 402316 | |
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| 19 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402316 | |
| 4 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402316, No. 145 Squadron (RAF) |
CWGC and other data
Flying Officer 402316 Rolla Maxwell COOKE, Royal Australian Air Force, Died 4th November 1941 aged 23 Son of Lionel Ernest and Ellen Beulah Perry Cooke, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and husband of Betty Mosman Cooke, of Artarmon, New South Wales. B.Ec. (Sydney). At rest in Catterick cemetery, Yorkshire
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Submitted 19 August 2016 by Alfred Beard
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Rolla Maxwell COOKE was born in Sydney, NSW on 20th November, 1917
His parents were Lionel Ernest COOKE & Ellen Beulah Perry DE BARLOW who married in Victoria in 1917
He married Betty Mosman HARRISON in St Thomas Church in North Sydney on 13th July, 1940 - one son David Rolla COOKE who was born the month after Rolla died
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