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COOK, Clarence Stanley
| Service Number: | 462 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clarence Park, South Australia, December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Clarence Park, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coach builder |
| Died: | 8 May 1968, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 462, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 462, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 462, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 17 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 462, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria to join British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916. | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 462, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Wounded in action, 19 July 1916; admitted to No 2 Casualty Clearing Station, 20 July 1916 (gunshot wound, left foot); transferred to No 7 Ambulance Train, no date stated; to No 25 General Hospital, Boulogne, 21 July 1916; to England, 22 July 1916; to No 1 Northern General Hospital, Newcastle, 23 July 1916 (severe gunshot wounds, foot and face); to hospital, Woodcote Park, 25 September 1916; discharged to furlough, 8 November 1916; marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 10 November 1916. | |
| 1 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 462, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action, 1 August 1918 (2nd occasion); admitted to No 2/1 Home Counties Field Ambulance, 1 August 1918 (bullet wound, left arm); transferred to No 20 Casualty Clearing Station, 1 August 1918; to No 16 Ambulance Train, 2 August 1918; to No 1 General Hospital, Etretat, 3 August 1918; to England, 17 August 1918; to No 2 Southern General Hospital, Bristol, 18 August 1918 (gunshot wound, left arm, and gassed, severe); to No 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, 4 October 1918; discharged, and marched into No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 7 October 1918. | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement 462, 32nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 462, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Commenced return to Australian from Portland on board HT 'Nevesa', 5 March 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 25 April 1919; discharged Adelaide (termination of period of enlistment), 18 June 1919. Total war service: 3 years 349 days (of which 3 years 159 days were abroad). |
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Clarence Stanley Cook was a coachbuilder from Clarence Park, South Australia. On the 5th of July 1915, at the age of 22, he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force as a Private. He had no previous military experience and no wife or family of his own, and yet he joined the war effort courageously.
On either the 18th of November, 1915 or the 24th of November, 1915 Clarence Stanley Cook embarked Adelaide, South Australia with the 32nd Battalion on either the HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, or the HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915.
He was badly wounded at Fromelles on 19 July 1916, in the foot and face. This kept him out of action until January 1917. He was wounded for the second time on 1 August 1918, in the arm, while also suffering the effects of gas.
After a total war service of 3 years and 349 days, Clarence Stanley Cook began his return home to Australia from Portland on board the HT 'Nevesa'. And on the 18th of June 1919 he was dicharged in Adelaide. During the prediod of his enlistment Clarence Stanley Cook was awarded the medls of the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Clarence Stanley Cook passed away on the 8th of May, 1968 at the age of 74.