COOK, William Stanley
| Service Number: | NX42352 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 9 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | RUTHY GLEN, VIC, 29 December 1904 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died at sea (Rakuyo Maru), South China Sea, 12 September 1944, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX42352 | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX42352, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion |
grandfather
My mother searched for this man all her life. He disappeared without trace she was aged 8.. He was married with 3 young children. He was married to Mabel Cook née Kuschert from Daysdale NSW.
William Stanley Cook was searched for all my life until Grandma Mabel deceased and my mother Joyce and Brothers Hayden and Stan passed. This story is so sad if this is him born at Rutherglen Vic. My mother Joyce was born in 1920.
Their mother Mable eventually remarried.
Their sons Hayden and Stanley Cook were both servicemen. Who searched for there father and Stan was in the navy.
Obviously by this I see he remarried so I wonder if any NOK are aware.
His mother lived in Corowa and died of a broken heart looking for William Stanley.
I have his details and suddenly finding this after all these years but my father was a Second World War veteran and the ship that William Stanley was on was torpedoed by allies of which I now know.
Regards Anne Brockwell
Submitted 27 July 2022 by Anne Brockwell