Albert Victor COOK

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Service Number:	1168
Enlisted:	19 February 1915, Liverpool
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1894
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public School, Darling Road, Rozelle, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Skirt cutter
Died:	Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 5 May 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

19 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1168, 17th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1168, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1168, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
8 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company
6 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5th Machine Gun Company
1 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1168, 5th Machine Gun Company, Bullecourt (Second)
5 May 1917:	Involvement Corporal, 1168, 5th Machine Gun Company, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1168 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-05

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