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James FOOKE

Regimental number4692
Place of birthMyrtle Creek, via Redesdale, Victoria
Place of birthMyrtle Creek, Redesdale, Victoria
SchoolState School, Lyal, Vcitoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address12 Hodgson Terrace, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret E Fooke, 12 Hodgson Terrace, Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceCitizens Forces, Bendigo, Victoria
Enlistment date21 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll23rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialPoelcapelle British Cemetery (Plot LH, Row D, Grave No. 9), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
99
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Maria FOOKE; husband of Margaret FOAKE, 28 Gibbs Street, Newtown, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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