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Frank Sydney COOK

Regimental number4755
Place of birthLouth, Lincolnshire, England
SchoolWesleyan Day School
Age on arrival in Australia23
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWoolooga, Kingaroy Line, , Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, R T Cook, Little South Street, South Lincolnshire, England
Enlistment date10 September 1915
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 28 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied at Epsom Colonial Hospital, England; wounded near Bapaume.
FateDied of wounds 18 April 1917
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialLouth Cemetery (Row I, Grave No. 70), Lincolnshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
55
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Mrs COOK, 35 Kidgate, Louth, Lincs.,
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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