Oswald Edgar COOK MM

Badge Number: S4362
S4362

COOK, Oswald Edgar

Service Number: 5446
Enlisted: 13 May 1915, Keswick, SA
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 4th Field Ambulance
Born: Koolunga, SA, 28 September 1885
Home Town: Parkside, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Salvation Army Officer
Died: Port Lincoln, SA, 4 June 1947, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Happy Valley Cemetery, Port Lincoln
RSL Section
Memorials:
Show Relationships

World War 1 Service

13 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5446, 4th Field Ambulance, Keswick, SA
21 Sep 1915: Involvement Private, 5446, 4th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
21 Sep 1915: Embarked Private, 5446, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 5446
Date unknown: Honoured Military Medal

Help us honour Oswald Edgar Cook's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Thomas COOK and Rose Ellen nee CHAPMAN

Military Medal

'For conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty whilst acting as Drivers of a Horsed Ambulance Wagon in the ZONNEBEKE area, east of YPRES on 21st October, 1917, especially under the following circumstances: At about 5 p.m. while an ammunition dump was on fire these Drivers [5446 O.E. COOK and 1028 S.J. LEONARD] hearing that there were several seriously wounded men awaiting carriage to Motor Wagon Post volunteered to bring the wounded men down despite the fat that the ammunition dump was very near the road. The journey was accomplished in safety. The prompt action of these Drivers no doubt saved the lives of the patients whose only chance was immediate surgical attention which could only be obtained at the A.D.S. YPRES.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95
Date: 27 June 1918

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR OSWALD COOK.
Last night Mr. Oswald Cook died suddenly at the home of Mr. W. D. Williams, where he had gone to play a game of chess. Mr. Cook was greenkeeper at the local Bowling Club. He  was an expert chess player, ex-president of the Ladies Basketball Club, and an ardent supporter  of the Salvation Army. He was well known and highly respected. He leaves a  widow, one son and five daughters. His remains will leave his residence, Liverpool Street, tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 3 p.m. for the Happy Valley cemetary.

Read more...