Amos John (Moss) COOK MM, MM

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COOK, Amos John

Service Number:	5676
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burham, Kent, England, 1885
Home Town:	Monash, Berri and Barmera, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horticulturist
Died:	Pneumonia, Berri, South Australia, 1927
Cemetery:	Berri Cemetery, S.A.
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

27 Jun 1916:	Involvement Private, 5676, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked Private, 5676, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
15 Sep 1918:	Honoured Military Medal, Transferred from 18/10th Battalion to the 43rd Battalion
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Private, 5676, 43rd Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Honoured Military Medal

Gas in the trenches

There is a family story that Amos suffered from the gas in the trenches during the War however there is no evidence of this in his military records. It has been passed down through the generations that he had 'weak lungs from the gas'. He was admitted for medical treatment for pneumonia in 1919. Pneumonia was tragically the cause of his death in 1927 leaving behind a wife and two small children. Amos was a soldier settler, taking up a block of land in the South Australian riverland after the war.

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