COOK, Clarence Wilfred
| Service Number: | 6876 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1916, Served in the 93rd Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Penguin, Tasmania, Australia, 20 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Seymour, Victoria, Australia, 29 August 1956, aged 60 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Seymour General Cemetery, Victoria Buried New Seymour Cemetery Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6876, Tunnelling Companies, Served in the 93rd Infantry | |
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| 17 Jan 1917: | Involvement Sapper, 6876, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1917: | Embarked Sapper, 6876, Tunnelling Companies, RMS Omrah, Melbourne | |
| 17 Jun 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
| 28 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 6876, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), 6th MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Narelle Howe, Tasmania in the Great War
Sapper Clarence Wilfred COOK 6876 3rd Tunnelling company. Enlisted 27/10/16. Born Penguin 20/3/96. Son of William & Annie Cook (nee Bennett) of Zeehan. RTA 5/8/19. Resettled in Zeehan and worked as a labourer.
Moved to Victoria and was living at Eildon Weir in 1923. Clarence married Ivy Baker in 1927. Enlisted in the Army March 1936. V24614 served with B Squadron, 20th Light Horse. Called up for full time duty in November 1941.
His brothers also served in WW2. T23802 Claude Stanley Cook and T23800 William John Cook, both enlisted at Zeehan 24/4/42.
Died 29/8/56. Buried New Seymour Cemetery Victoria. Photo Courtesy Clarry Cook & Brian Cook.
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