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COOKE, Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1460 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 November 1915, Armidale, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chewton, Victoria, Australia, 1871 |
| Home Town: | Armidale, Armidale Dumaresq, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Chewton State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 4 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 25 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1460, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Armidale, NSW | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1460, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1460, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1460, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1460, 33rd Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele | |
| 4 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1460, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Francis Cooke is also remembered on the Chewton School Honour Roll, Vic.