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COOKE, Roy Egerton

Service Number:	64
Enlisted:	24 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Guildford Grammar School
Occupation:	Station hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 64, Sydney, New South Wales
19 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 64, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 64, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
15 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 64, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 64, 7th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Roy Egerton Cooke, enlisted under an alias, Leslie Fain Craig