Alfred Edward COOK

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	19 October 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	9th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Plympton, South Australia , 4 April 1870
Home Town:	Semaphore, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Plympton Public School and Prince Alfred College
Occupation:	Farmer/Butcher
Died:	Died of wounds, Malta, 4 July 1915, aged 45 years
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Grave XXV. 3. INSCRIPTION LOVED HUSBAND OF MARY FRANCES FATHER OF ETHEL ALLAN AND PETER
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Naval & Military Club of SA - Boer War Roll of Honour, Prospect South Australian Soldiers at Gallipoli Memorial

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lieutenant, 4th Imperial Bushmen
1 Jan 1901:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

19 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Adelaide, South Australia
12 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Major, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne
12 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, Officer, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: ''
16 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 Jun 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Major, 9th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound (left thorax)

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He was 45 and the son of Alfred Peter and Rosina Maria Cook; husband of Mary Frances Cook, of Military Rd., Largs Bay, South Australia.