Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Fitzroy, Victoria |
School | State School, North Fitzroy, Victoria |
Other training | School of Mines; International Correspondence School |
Religion | Church of Christ |
Occupation | Electrician |
Address | 177 Piesse Street, Boulder, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 24 |
Height | 5' 5" |
Weight | 157 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs F G E Cooke, 177 Piesse Street, Boulder, Western Australia |
Previous military service | Served in 84th Infantry (Gold Fields) Regiment, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit name | 11th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/28/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Captain |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 51st Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | Final unit incorrectly shown on Nominal Roll as 11th Bn. |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Adelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row J, Grave No 15), Villers-Bretoonneux, Somme, France |
Commemoration details | 152 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Frederica Georgina Elizabeth Cooke, 177 Piesse Street, Boulder, Western Australia |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Surname incorrectly entered on Embarkation and Nominal Rolls as COOK. Address incorrectly entered as Presse Street. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, COOK Clive Ernest Alexander |