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Joseph COOK

Regimental number1634
Place of birthChurch St, Carlton, Victoria
SchoolFlemington Road State School, North Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationPacker
Address3O Haines Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Cook, 59 Little Palmerston Street, Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Citizen Military FOrces.
Enlistment date30 December 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 March 1918
Place of death or woundingSt Pol, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt. Pol British Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 5), Pol-Sur-Ternoise, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
165
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Williaim and Catherine COOK, Flemington, Victoria. Native of Carlton, Victoria

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