COOK, Eric Taylor
| Service Number: | 6723 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1916, Show Ground Camp, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Candelo, New South Wales, 30 March 1884 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hurstville Public School and Rockdale College |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 18 September 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery Plot I, Row E, Grave 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6723, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Show Ground Camp, Sydney | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6723, 2nd Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
ERIC TAYLOR COOK was born at Baroona, Candelo, N.S.W., on 30th March, 1884, the son of Mr. Alexander John Cook and Mrs. Alethia Isobel Cook. His education was obtained at the Hurstville Public School and Rockdale College.
Eric Cook entered the service of the Bank at Wollongong, N.S.W., on 14th April, 1903, and in September of the following year was transferred to the Head Office. He was sent to Mudgee, N.S.W., in March, 1905, and at the beginning of the following year was promoted to ledger-keeper. In April, 1908, he was transferred to Moree where he remained as ledgerkeeper and afterwards securities clerk until February, 1913, when he was appointed to the Branch Securities Department of the Head Office. He was transferred to Wellington, N.S.W., as teller in February, 1916.
Enlisting in August, 1916, Eric Cook left Australia as a private (No. 6723) of the Second Battalion, A.I.F., in the following November. He was in active service until 18th September, 1918, when on leaving the front line for a rest, he and several of his comrades were killed on the Zonnebecke- Ypres Road by a German shell.
source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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