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Cenotaph record

John George Cooke

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John George AWMM
  • Surname
    Cooke AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 2227 AWMM
    • 7420 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 May 1878 AWMM Bluff, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 22 March 1900 AWMM 9 Owen Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Pre 26 February 1902 AWMM 45 Roxburgh Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • John Lake Cooke (father), 9 Owen Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • John Lake Cooke (father), 45 Roxburgh Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • 2227 AWMM
    • 7420 AWMM
  • Military service
    Wellington Naval, Post & Telegraph Rifles 2 years AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
      Dysentery AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
      Enteric AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Lake Cooke and Mary Cooke

    Father was named John Lake Cooke. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 October 1973 AWMM
    Oamaru, Otago AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Timaru Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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