Herbert Cook

Forenames

Herbert AWMM

Surname

Cook AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2249 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1895 AWMM
New Zealand AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ararimu, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Mary Ann Cook (mother), Rose Bare, Albany, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/2249 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 16th (Waikato) Company AWMM

• Son of the Samuel and Mary Anne Cook, of Waipukurau
  
  Next of Kin: c/o Mrs A. Griffin, Onewhero, Raglan (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Three other brothers served and returned: John Henry (12/831); Robert Samuel (12/4160); Arthur (44706)
  Public - Heather - Researcher - 23 April 2016 - Archway electronic military personnel files, BDM, Cenotaph - Auckland Museum, Papers Past

Death

30 Sept 1916 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France AWMM VII. E. 7. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21896867
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/263924/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/263924
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 24. Maunganuian : one of the many unofficial journals of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. (1915). At sea: Fifth Reinforcements. Printe by W.F. Forster and Co., Albany.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 145
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.