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COOKE, Edwin Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 179 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Bristol, Somersetshire, England, 24 January 1892 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 30 October 1980, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, New South Wales Plot - W-NK-LA-174 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 179, 1st Field Company Engineers | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 179, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 179, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 16 Sep 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 1st Field Company Engineers, Transferred to Gallipoli from Alexandria, Egypt. | |
| 6 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Driver, 179, 1st Field Company Engineers, Embarked HMAT Boorara (A42), arrived 26 Sep 1919. | |
| 26 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 179, 1st Field Company Engineers |
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