Frank Newton COOKE

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Service Number:	649
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Piddlehenthide, Dorchester, England, 1888
Home Town:	Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	St Thomas School, Salisbury, ENgland
Occupation:	Printer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 22, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 649, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 649, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 649, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Arrived in Australia aged 22 years

Son of Newton and Leonora Cooke of West Harnham, Salisbury, England. Friend of Miss Ethel B. Way of West Richmond, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Apprenticed to the Salisbury Times, England for about 5 years

Also served with the Colonial Territorials

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