COOK, Douglass
Service Number: | 1486 |
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Enlisted: | 16 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1882 |
Home Town: | Surry Hills, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Cook |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial Panel 37, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Biography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his brother George Cook of 1 Taggart Lane, Surry Hills, NSW later of Darlinghurst, NSW
Also served with the 3rd NSW Mounted Rifles for over 2 years
His effects were returned to AIF Base Records Melbourne 1920 awaiting collection.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Ryan Dudley
Born James Douglass Cook at Church Street, Newtown on 23 July 1882
Son of George Cook and Florence nee Clitheroe
Nephew of Sarah Amelia Cook
Nephew of Arthur Cook (Contributor’s great-grandfather)
Brother of George Garthan Cook (6488 Private James Cook)
Cousin of 6970 Private Eric Trevor Cook
Aliases Douglas Cook, Douglass Williams, Douglass Woods