COOK, Peter Garnet
| Service Number: | 1079 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Eungai, near Macksville, New South Wales, Australia , 1899 |
| Home Town: | Macksville, Nambucca Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium Plot V, Row A, Grave 8, Ploegsteert, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1079, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1079, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1079, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
Peter was 17 years 11 months old when he was killed. A family epitaph for him and his brother who was also killed reads- SOMEWHERE IN BELGIUM THEY LAID THEM, TWO SOLDIERS SO YOUNG AND SO BRAVE, THE BEST AUSTRALIA COULD OFFER, THEY SLEEP IN TWO HERO'S GRAVES, MISSING AYE FOR ALL TIME MISSING, TWO THE HOME SO ILL COULD SPARE, BUT THE ROLL CALL OVER YONDER, SHALL NOT COUNT THEM MISSING THERE. Peter's three brothers also served, Private James Wesley Cook. 1206. 13th BN, was killed in action on the 16th of June 1917 aged 20 years old. Lance/Corporal Silas Henry Cook. 3732. 1st M.G. BN survived ths war unscathed. Private George Magnus Cook. 3733. 1st BN, he was wounded in action but recovered to serve out the rest of the war to return home.
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