Douglass COOK

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Service Number:	1486
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

16 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1486, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1486, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1486, 13th Infantry Battalion, KIA 3 May 1915
3 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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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

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