Frederick Charles COOKMAN

COOKMAN, Frederick Charles

Service Number: 404199
Enlisted: 21 June 1940
Last Rank: Warrant Officer
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Proserpine, Queensland , Australia, 24 March 1915
Home Town: Murwillumbah, Tweed, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Middle East, 22 June 1942, aged 27 years
Cemetery: El Alamein War Cemetery
El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Murwillumbah High School WW2 Honour Roll, Tara Shire WW2 Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Warrant Officer, 404199
21 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 404199

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Accidental explosion at Burg El Arab, Middle East 22/06/1942 203SQN - killed were:

COOKMAN, Frederick Charles - (Flight Sergeant) RAAF 404199

LEE, William George - (Warrant Officer) RAAF 406131

THOMSON, Richard Ronald - (Flying Officer) RAAF 402080 - died 25 June 1945

HORNBY, Michael George Lonsdale DFC (Pilot Officer) RAF 107952

LEWIS, Robert Douglas DFM - (Pilot Officer) RAF 47580

BUSHELL, David John - (Pilot Officer) RAF 115335

STEAD, George Sumner - (Flight Lieutenant) RAF 70644 -

Survivors included - HEFFERNAN, Bernard Murray (Sergeant) RAAF 12390 - discharged November 1945 / FOX, Alan Lloyd (Flying Officer) RAAF 406001 - discharged November 1945 / HOPKINS, G (Pilot Officer) RAF 107923

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