COOK, Arthur Bertie
| Service Number: | 2617 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Northam Hospital, Western Australia, Australia, 15 December 1946, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northam Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, East Victoria Park Memorial Wall, Victoria Park War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2617, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2617, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2617, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2617, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), GSW to lower jaw at Moquet Farm, France | |
| 3 Sep 1916: | Imprisoned Grafenwoehr PoW Camp in Germany | |
| 23 May 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2617, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), per Khyber | |
| 15 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2617, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Arthur was the fourth (and only son) of five children of Edwin Cook (born 1853 in London) and Emily Esther Hill (born 1862 in Ewell, Surrey). Edwin and Emily married in 1887 in South Melbourne in Victoria, where Edwin was a Baker. The family moved to Fremantle in Western Australia following Arthur's birth in 1893, and in 1902 Edwin, Emily and their children were living in East Perth where Edwin was a Baker until he died in 1919 - Emily had died in 1909.
Arthur was a Labourer in Perth, WA when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915 as a Private (Service no: 2617). Initially with 6/28th Battalion, Arthur transferred to 51st Battalion and was injured at Moquet Farm in France in 1916. Captured by the Germans, Arthur was a PoW at Grafenhoehr Camp in Germany until repatriated to England on 21 December 1918. Following his Discharge in 1919, Arthur returned to Perth, WA where he worked as a Labourer until 1935.
In 1936 Arthur moved to the Kalgoorlie region in WA where he worked at Mt Magnet and Mt Leonora as a Prospector until his death in 1944
Biography contributed by Robert Kearney
Birth registration details
Name: Arthur Bertie Cook
Birth Date: Abt 1893
Birth Place: Fitzroy, Victoria
Registration Year: 1893
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Edwin Cook
Mother: Emily Esther Hill
Registration Number: 12601