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COOK, Claude Stephenson
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 3506, NX72427 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 September 1915, Holsworthy, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/5th Ordnance Stores Company |
| Born: | St Marys, New South Wales, 20 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Guard |
| Died: | War related illness, New South Wales, 27 November 1943, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 3506, Holsworthy, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 3506, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 3506, 20th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 3506, 56th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
| 1 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Polygon Wood, Recommended for the DCM, awarded the MM | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, SN 3506, 56th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Gas | |
| 29 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, SN 3506, 56th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement SN NX72427 | |
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| 1 Apr 1941: | Enlisted 2nd AIF WW 2, Private, SN NX72427, Paddington, New South Wales | |
| 24 Mar 1943: | Discharged 2nd AIF WW 2, Private, SN NX72427, 2nd/5th Ordnance Stores Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Lorna Cook
"COOK.- November 27, 1943, at Royal North Shore Hospital, Claude Stephenson Cook (late 1st and 2nd A.I.F.), beloved husband of Mary Ann Cook and loved father of Thomas, Lorna, Terry, Teddy, and Colin, aged 47 years." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 29 Nov 1942 (nla.gov.au)
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