COOKE, Richard
| Service Number: | 2588 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 31 May 1915, Served 15 years in Royal Navy. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Islington, London, England, United Kingdom, May 1876 |
| Home Town: | Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds, 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, 15 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England Screen Wall, Plot B, Row 10, Grave 158, Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2588, Enlisted at Brisbane | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2588, 9th Infantry Battalion, Served 15 years in Royal Navy. | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 2588, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 2588, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Dec 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal | |
| 22 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2588, Shell wound to the right leg and evacuated to England on 12 August 1916 on Board HS Lanfranc | |
| 15 Dec 1916: | Involvement Corporal, 2588, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2588 awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-12-15 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Nex of kin was his sister Mrs Wliz Wright of Barnsbury Road, Islington London England
Richard har previously served for 15 years in the Royal Navy
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 15th December…… Richard Cook / Cooke (?) was born at Islington, London, England around 1876. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 31st May, 1915 in Brisbane, Queensland as a 39 year old, single, Labourer. Richard Cooke stated on his Attestation Papers that he had served 15 years in Royal Navy.
Private (as per Embarkation Roll) Richard Cooke embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on HMAT Kyarra (A55) on 16th August, 1915 with the 9th Infantry Battalion, 8th Reinforcements.
Sergeant Richard Cooke joined 9th Battalion at Mudros on 18th November, 1915 from Reinforcements. He reverted to ranks on joining 9th Battalion from Reinforcements.
On 4th December, 1915 Private Cooke was promoted to Corporal while posted at Lemnos. He disembarked at Alexandria on 4th January, 1916 from Mudros (after evacuation of Gallipoli).
Corporal Richard Cooke proceeded from Alexandria on Saxonia on 27th March, 1916 to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 3rd April, 1916.
On 22nd July, 1916 Corporal Cooke was wounded in action at Pozieres. He was admitted to 57th Field Ambulance on 22nd July, 1916 with shrapnel wound/s to right leg. Corporal Cooke was transferred to Casualty Clearing Station then transferred & admitted to No. 2 Canadian General Hospital at Treport on 25th July, 1916 with bomb wound/s to leg. He was transferred to England from Havre on 13th August, 1916 on Hospital Ship Lanfranc with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to Leg.
He was admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham, England on 14th August, 1916 & had a compound fracture of lower third of the thigh.
Corporal Richard Cooke died on 15th December, 1916 at 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, England from wounds received in action in France – compound fracture femur.
He was buried in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham, West Midlands, England – his name is remembered on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Screen Wall B10. 158 as he does not have a headstone.
54 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located in Lodge Hill Cemetery, Birmingham.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/-lodge-hill.html
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