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COOK, Alec

Service Number:	NX23101
Enlisted:	30 May 1940
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 12 October 1918
Home Town:	Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 2 Service

30 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX23101
30 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX23101
23 Oct 1942:	Involvement NX23101, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, El Alamein, WIA
14 Jun 1943:	Discharged Lance Corporal, NX23101, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
14 Jun 1943:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, NX23101
Date unknown:	Involvement Lance Corporal, NX23101, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Jeffrey Crisdale

WIA El Alamein