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COOK, Frederick

Service Number:	50038
Enlisted:	19 February 1918, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 1st General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 14th March 1918
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney New South Wales, Australia, 21 October 1883
Home Town:	Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Natural Causes , Mosman, New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 1973, aged 89 years
Cemetery:	Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Death Certificate Frederick William Cook.
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World War 1 Service

19 Feb 1918:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50038, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, Enlisted Melbourne allocated to 1st General Service Reinforcement’s Victoria at Broadmeadows Camp on 14th March 1918
21 Mar 1918:	Involvement Private, 50038, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
21 Mar 1918:	Embarked Private, 50038, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, HMAT Persic, Sydney
31 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Training Battalion, Allocated to reinforce 21st Battalion from 5th Training Battalion UK
26 Aug 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion, Taken on Strength of the Battalion in the field France
1 Sep 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50038, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne
4 Oct 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 50038, 21st Infantry Battalion, Montbrehain, GSW left Thigh evacuated to England for treatment and convalescence
20 Jul 1919:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Headquarters Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Attached to AIF HQ London Furlough Section from Convalescence Depot Weymouth
16 Apr 1920:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 50038, 21st Infantry Battalion, RTA 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment with family on HT Hororata.
6 Sep 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50038, 21st Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne termination Period of Enlistment Medically unfit SW Thigh & deafness left ear.

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Biography contributed by Pam Hamilton

Frederick William Cook Married to Lily Regina Cook ( née Reith) 1920. United Kingdom.