COOKE, Samuel Robert
| Service Numbers: | 664, 664A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Buckingham, Province of Quebec, Canada , 1885 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Shrapnel to right arm & back, pyaemia & septic Peritonitis, Northampton War Hospital, Duston, Northamptonshire, England , 4 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Northampton (Towcester Road) Cemetery Northamptonshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 664, 11th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 664, 11th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 4 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 664A, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 664A awm_unit: 41st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-11-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Samuel Robert Cooke was born in Buckingham, Province of Quebec, Canada around 1885 to parents Henry and Nancy Cooke.
According to information provided by his brother for the Roll of Honour – Samuel Robert Cooke came to Australia when he was around 29 years of age.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 6th January, 1917 as a 31 year old, single, Labourer from (care of ) G.P.O., Brisbane, Queensland. Samuel Cooke stated on his Attestation Papers that he had served for 4 weeks in Compulsory Camp at Toowoomba & had previously been rejected as medically unfit for His Majesty’s Service.
Private Samuel Robert Cooke, Service number 664, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Suevic (A29) on 21st June, 1917 with the 11th Machine Gun Company, 11th Reinforcements & disembarked at Liverpool, England on 26th August, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 27th August, 1917 Private Cooke was marched in to 11th Training Battalion at Lark Hill, Wiltshire from Australia.
He was transferred to 41st Battalion from 11th Machine Gun Company on 27th August, 1917.
Private Cooke was marched into 9th Training Battalion at Fovant, Wiltshire on 5th November, 1917 from 11th Training Battalion.
On 27th December, 1917 Private Cooke proceeded overseas to France from Fovant. He was marched in to A.I.B.D. (Australian Infantry Base Depot) at Rouelles, France from England on 28th December, 1917. Private Cooke was marched out to his Unit from to A.I.B.D. (Australian Infantry Base Depot) at Rouelles on 30th December, 1917 & was taken on strength of 41st Battalion in the field on 4th January, 1918.
Private Samuel Robert Cooke was re-allotted a new Regimental Number of 664A.
On 1st August, 1918 Private Cooke was reported as being with his Unit in the field (this usually occurred when there had been no movements or reports of illness etc on his Casualty form – Active Service for a period of time).
He was appointed Lance Corporal on 1st September, 1918.
Lance Corporal Samuel Robert Cooke was wounded in action on 29th September, 1918. He was admitted to 11th Australian Field Ambulance on 29th September, 1918 with shrapnel wounds to wrist then transferred to 41st Casualty Clearing Station. Lance Corporal Cooke was admitted to 6th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 2nd October, 1918. He was invalided to England wounded on 12th October, 1918.
9 Officers & 85 Other Ranks from 41st Battalion were listed as Casualties on 29th September, 1918.
On 14th October, 1918 Lance Corporal Cooke was admitted to Northampton War Hospital, Duston, Northamptonshire, England with shrapnel wounds to right arm - amputated & his condition was reported as severe.
Lance Corporal Samuel Robert Cooke died at 10.15 am on 4th November, 1918 at Northampton War Hospital, Duston, Northamptonshire, England from wounds received in action – Shrapnel wounds to right arm & back, pyaemia & septic Peritonitis. The “Morning State of Sick” Army Form A. 27 recorded the following additional causes of death – “1. Syn. Knee 2. Influenza 3. Pneumonia.”
He was buried in Towcester Road Cemetery, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England where 8 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/northampton---towcester.html
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