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COOK, Robert Ernest
(Service number 30058)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	03/10/1876	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	185 Victoria Street, Christchurch
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Robert Leslie COOK (brother), 185 Victoria Street, Christchurch
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	15th Reforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	14 September 1959	Age	83 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 125, Plot 5
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Ernest Cook was born in 1876 at Waimate. When he enlisted he gave his address as that of his brother in Christchurch.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 december 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru district Council) 30 December 2016]

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