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COOKE, Bernard
| Service Number: | 3534 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 March 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kanmantoo, South Australia, April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Kanmantoo, Mount Barker, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | 16 December 1967, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Kanmantoo Roll of Honor, Kanmantoo War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3534, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3534, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3534, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 29 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3534, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW right ear | |
| 3 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3534, 32nd Infantry Battalion, "The Last Hundred Days", SW right thigh | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 3534, 32nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Cooke Bernard was born sometime from 1890 in Kanmantoo, South Australia. He worked as a clerk before deciding to sign up for the army on the 11th of March 1916 at age 25 11/12. His mother was Mrs Annie Cooke and no records of the father can be found.
The 32nd battalion of which Bernard was a part of embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat transport vessel on August 12th 1916. After landing in England for training (approximately 6 months) he proceeded overseas to France where he would undergo sniper training and take to the field. After being injured on September 29th he was transferred to multiple general hospitals and returned to his unit on the 23rd of December.
Cooke Bernard was promoted from rank Private to Lance Corporal on the 12th of August 1918. He received congratulations after his section commander became a casualty on the 28th/29th of July and taking command of the operation with great success.
After being wounded in action for the second time on the 3rd of September 1918 Bernard was taken to number 1 Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Harefield, England. Shortly after he returned to Australia on board the HT Aeneas and was discharged due to influenza on the 25th of March 1919 which concluded his 3 year, 15 day service. He passed away in 1967 aged 77.
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