COOK, Daniel Phillip
| Service Number: | 521 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | Mining Corps |
| Born: | Avoca, Victoria, Australia , 15 August 1864 |
| Home Town: | Kingston South East, Kingston, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Boundary Rider |
| Died: | War injuries, Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia, 12 July 1920, aged 55 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted | |
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| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 521, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 521, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 521, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 20 Feb 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 521, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 521 |
Narracoorte Herald, 23 July 1920.
"The remains of the late D. Cook, who died at the Naracoorte Hospital last week were brought to Kingston on Monday night and interred in the Kingston cemetery on Tuesday afternoon, where a large number gathered to pay their last respects to the first one of our local soldiers who had died since returning home. The coffin was draped with the flag and was borne to the grave by four of his late comrades. The service at the grave was conducted by the Rev. Father Tangey. The deceased was badly gassed while at the front in France, and had been constantly ailing since. He has left a widow and four children, for whom much sympathy is felt."
Submitted 19 November 2014 by Frederick Knerkstein
Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge
Daniel was gassed and invalided home.. This did not stop him in his efforts to open a local RSL sub branch and enthusiaticly supporting it.
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