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Leslie COOK

Regimental number826
Place of birthCampbell Town, Tasmania
SchoolState School, St Leonards, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressConara, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinSister, Irene Cook, Kilon Grove, Conara, Tasmania
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row A, Grave No. II), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
104
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Mary COOK, St. Leonards, Tasmania
Family/military connectionsBrothers: John William Cook, killed in action; Sgt A.E. Cook MM, 3rd Light HOrse.

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