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COOKE, William Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3282 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 July 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wood Green, Middlesex, England, 17 June 1885 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Commercial traveller |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 5 April 1918, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
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World War 1 Service
| 2 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 2 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3282, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3282, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Sydney | |
| 8 Feb 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3282, 35th Infantry Battalion, joined at Kortepyp Camp near Nieuwkerke, West-Vlaanderen | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Imprisoned Villers-Bretonneux, captured during a German attack and was killed by friendly artillery fire as he was being moved to the rear of the German front line |
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