Frederick William Cooke

Title

Private

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Forenames

Frederick William AWMM

Surname

Cooke AWMM

Also known as

Frederick William COOK & Fred COOK

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Service number

WWI 74378 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

3 Jun 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

3 June 1892

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Place of birth

Timaru, NZ

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Birth notes

son of William Morris & Emily COOK

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Address before enlistment

c/- Mrs Stevenson, Kaiti, Gisborne

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Next of kin

Mrs E. Cooke (mother), 9 Guthrie Street, Timaru, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 39th Reinforcements 1st Btn Canterbury Regt
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Service number

WWI 74378 AWMM

Military service

1917-1919

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll 502564

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Military training

Trentham

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
• 1 June 1917 at Gisborne
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Age on enlistment

25yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1918-31 Aug 1918 AWMM to Liverpool AWMM
HMNZT 106 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 39th Reinforcements, E Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of injuries AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM

Frederick Cooke was the son of Mrs. E. Cooke, of 9 Guthrie St., Timaru, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs E. Cooke, Guthrie St, Timaru (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

27 Feb 1919 AWMM
Germany AWMM

Age at death

27yrs

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Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Cologne Southern Cemetery, Koln, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany AWMM III. A. 4. AWMM

Memorial name

Patutahi War Memorial

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Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21897010
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1264
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/901199/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/901199
  Further Reference

References

• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  85: 12
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 106. Lights out, or, The dark doings of the "Thirty-ninths" (Ferguson's own). [1918]. Christchurch, New Zealand: Printed and published for the proprietors by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited.