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COOKE, Roy Egerton
Personal Details
Service Number: | 64 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 64, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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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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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Roy Egerton Cooke, enlisted under an alias, Leslie Fain Craig