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Robert Randall COOKE

Regimental number1065
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address8 Balaclava Street, Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Rsobert Cooke, 8 Balaclava Street, Invermay, Launceston, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in the Volunteers.
Enlistment date12 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 3 March 1917
Place of death or woundingBapaume, Somme Sector, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row K, Grave No. 34), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
107
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Emmie COOKE, 13 Keane Street, launceston, Tasmania

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