Walter Stuart COOK

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Service Number:	421169
Enlisted:	31 January 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Abbotsford, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1921
Home Town:	Abbotsford, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, North Atlantic Ocean, 12 March 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 421169
31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421169

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Flight Sergeant Walter Stuart Cook 421169 of 519 Squadron RAF was killed when Ventura V 'K' F958 was lost in the North Atlantic

None of the crew were recovered and they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Flying Officer Hart RNZAF 411890 / Flight Sergeant Young RCAF R/154828 / Squadron Leader Carpenter RAF 36229 / Flight Lieutenant Overton RAF 128982