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, 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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