Benjamin COOK

COOK, Benjamin

    Service Number: 1081
    Enlisted: 16 May 1915, Liverpool
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: St Marys, New South Wales, Australia, 27 July 1891
    Home Town: St Marys (NSW), Penrith Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Natural causes, Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia, 25 September 1956, aged 65 years
    Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
    BB Rose Gdn 6, 0139
    Memorials: Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall
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    World War 1 Service

    16 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1081, Liverpool
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1081, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1081, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    21 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Landed ANZAC 1300 hours.
    2 Sep 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wounds legs, feet and head.
    3 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 19th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Shrapnel wounds fingers, face and left thigh
    19 Dec 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1081, 19th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit

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