Claude Stephenson (Chum) COOK MM

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COOK, Claude Stephenson

Service Numbers:	3506, NX72427
Enlisted:	28 September 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	56th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Marys, New South Wales, 20 November 1896
Home Town:	Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Guard
Died:	Natural causes (perforated gastric ulcer), Illness, St Leonards, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia, 27 November 1943, aged 47 years
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone D Anglican 16 0399, Rookwood Necropolis, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall

World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3506, Holsworthy, New South Wales
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3506, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3506, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3506, 56th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood
1 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood, Recommended for the DCM, awarded the MM
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3506, 56th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gas

World War 2 Service

1 Apr 1941:	Enlisted Private, NX72427, Paddington, New South Wales

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Biography contributed by Lorna Cook

"COOK.- November 27, 1943, at Royal North Shore Hospital, Claude Stephenson Cook (late 1st and 2nd A.I.F.), beloved husband of Mary Ann Cook and loved father of Thomas, Lorna, Terry, Teddy, and Colin, aged 47 years." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 29 Nov 1942 (nla.gov.au)

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