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COOKE, Robert Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX26300 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stanley, Tasmania, Australia, 27 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | Pakenham Upper, Cardinia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Truck Driver & Farm Hand |
| Died: | Illness, Morotai Island, Halmahera Island, Netherlands East Indies, 19 September 1945, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia CWGC Grave No: Plot 28. Row C. Grave 11. Inscription: "OUR HERO AT REST… HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE. EVER REMEMBERED" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Campbell Town War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX26300 | |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX26300 | |
| 17 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Ambon, Died of gross malnutrition and beri beri after liberation by allied forces from Tan Toey (Tantui) P.O.W. Camp, Ambon Island. | |
| 19 Sep 1945: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, 2nd/21st Infantry Battalion, Ambon, Member of Gull Force (Ambon). |
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