George Campbell Cooke

Died 23 May 1941

Service number: 2431 AWMM
Also known as: —
Armed force / branch: Army AWMM
Last rank: Corporal/Military AWMM 19 Infantry Battalion AWMM
War: World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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George Campbell Cooke — New Zealand Olympic rowing crew [in Wellington?]. Crown Studios Ltd :Negatives and prints. Ref: 1/1-033355-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22833996 No Known Copyright Restrictions

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External links: Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Cret.html
Further Reference
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2105916
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Olympedia. (2023). Stuart Black.
https://isoh.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/262.pdf
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Olympedia. (2023). George Cooke.
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39176
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New Zealand Olympic Committee. (2015, April 24). ANZAC DAY: We honour our Olympians.
https://olympic.org.nz/news/anzac-day-we-honour-our-olympians
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Williamson, Madeleine, (29 July 2024). From Service to Sports. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/olympians
Further Reference
Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-19Ba.html
Further Reference
References: Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 1: WW2 41
The New Zealand Herald
New Zealand Herald (Weekend Edition) 7-8 August 2004, page A4
Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.

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