COOKE, Cyril Burge
| Service Number: | 6280 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cow Flat, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Lidcombe, Auburn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newbridge Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Fitters assistant |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 11 May 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Vignacourt British Cemetery, Picardie Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6280, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6280, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Cyril Burge COOKE, born at Newbridge in 1892. He joined the Tramways as a labourer at Waverley in 1913 before transferring two months later to the Railways at Clyde, where he worked for some time on condemned wagons, and as a fitter’s assistant, which was the ‘trade or calling’ he gave on enlistment.
Submitted 6 June 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Cyril Burge COOKE was born at Newbridge in 1892.He joined the Tramways as a labourer at Waverley in 1913 before transferring two months later to the Railways at Clyde. He worked there for some time on condemned wagons and as a fitter’s assistant..
He was released from duty by the NSW Government Railways in June 1916. He enlisted in the AIF in Sydney and embarked for England in November. He disembarked in England at the end of January 1917. He joined his battalion in France in May. His time in the front line was punctuated with brief periods. He rejoined his unit for the last time (following illness) in April 1918. On 11th May 1918 he was wounded in action. He died of his wounds at a casualty clearing station the following day. He was buried at Vignacourt British Cemetery, 8 miles NW of Amiens. War pensions were granted to his widow and infant daughter.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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