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Cyril Burg COOKE

Regimental number6280
Place of birthCow Flat, New South Wales
SchoolNewbridge Public School, New South Wales
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFitters assistant
AddressLidcombe, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs D M Cooke, Canberra John Street, Lidcombe, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 May 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
85
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Oliver and Victoria COOKE, Sunnyside, Newbridge, New South Wales. Native of Cow Flat, near Bathurst, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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