COOK, Joseph Edwin
| Service Number: | 1818 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Laidley, Queensland, Australia, 1 June 1880 |
| Home Town: | Laidley, Lockyer Valley, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Thornton, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Broncho pneumonia, Military Hospital, Fovant, Wiltshire, England , 6 December 1916, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Compton Chamberlayne Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Laidley Memorial Park Gates, Laidley War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1818, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1818, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 35 and the son of Joseph and Eliza Cook, of Thornton, Laidley, Queensland.
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 6th December…… Joseph Edwin Cook was born in Laidley, Queensland on 1st June, 1880.
His father - Joseph Wyatt Cook died on 30th September, 1895 at Laidley, Queensland.
On 29th February, 1916 Joseph Edwin Cook enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as a 35 year old*, single, Farmer from Thornton, Laidley, Queensland.
(Note: The Embarkation Roll has Joseph Edwin Cook’s age listed as 25. The first page of his Attestation Paper has his age typed as 25 years & 8 months, however page 3 has his age handwritten as 35 years & 8 months)
Private Joseph Edwin Cook, Service number 1818, embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on H.M.A.T. Boorara (A42) on 16th August, 1916 with the 42nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 13th October, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. These were located in the Salisbury Plain area in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched into No. 3 Command Depot on 14th November, 1916. On 17th November, 1916 Private Cook was marched out to 3rd Amalgamated Training Battalion, (also listed as 11th Training Battalion), Hurdcott, Wiltshire.
Private Joseph Edwin Cook died at 2 a.m. on 6th December, 1916 at Military Hospital at Fovant, Wiltshire of Broncho Pneumonia.
He was buried in Compton Chamberlayne War Graves Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 27 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/compton-chamberlayne.html
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