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Frank Gilbert COOK

Regimental number1344
Place of birthBaddaginnie, Victoria
SchoolBaddaginnie State School, Victoria
Other trainingContinuation School, Melbourne
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address126 Holmes Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, F J Cook, Baddaginnie, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as Sgt Major Senior Cadets, Continuation School, Melbourne.
Enlistment date14 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name38th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/55/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 23 June 1918
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block Q, Plot II, Row J, Grave No. 9), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
12
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick and Maria COOK, Baddaginnie, Victoria,
Family/military connectionsCousins: Pte Hector Wallace;:Cpl Horace Wallace MM; Sgt A. Thomas MM.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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