Frederick Harry COOK

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Service Number:	1234
Enlisted:	5 May 1915, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Caramut, Victoria, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Caramut, Moyne, Victoria
Schooling:	Warrnambool College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, 1 December 1915
Cemetery:	Ari Burnu Cemetery, Gallipoli Row I, Grave 11 Chaplain H.S. Reid officiated Headstone inscription reads: Nearer my God to Thee
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

5 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 1234, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, SN 1234, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, SN 1234, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
29 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, SN 1234, 26th Infantry Battalion, In the field
1 Dec 1915:	Involvement Corporal, SN 1234, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli

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Son of Frederick William and Mary Cook of Caramut, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal