Henry Kemball COOK

COOK, Henry Kemball

    Service Number: 2903
    Enlisted: 5 January 1916, Casula, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 30th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Newtown, NSW, 1892
    Home Town: Darlington , New South Wales
    Schooling: Newtown Public School
    Occupation: Book Keeper
    Died: 29 July 1969, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW
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    World War 1 Service

    5 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2903, 30th Infantry Battalion, Casula, NSW
    9 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 2903, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    9 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 2903, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

    Son of William A H and Elizabeth M COOK, 21 Forbes Street, Darlington, NSW

    Henry served in Egypt, Salisbury Plains and France where he contracted trench feet and was invalided to Graylingwell Hospital in England.  On recovery, he rejoined his unit and served until the signing of Armistice.  He joined the great march to celebrate the retaking of Alsace-Lorraine.

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