Charles Frederick Denman Cook
Born 1883 - Died 2 May 1918
- Service number
- WWI 10/543 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Charles Frederick Denman AWMM
- Surname
- Cook AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 10/543 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1883 AWMM
- Date of birth
- April 23rdPublic - Lucy and Claudia - Researcher - 24 March 2015 - CGS
- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 05 Aug 1914 AWMM Marton, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs E.D. Cook (mother), Marton, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 10/543 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
Distinguished Service Order - London Gazette, 4 June 1917, p5476: AWMM - 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
London Gazette 04/06/1917 AWMM - Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM
London Gazette 28 January 1916, p1207 | London Gazette 1 June 1917, p5429, Rec No 683 : In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton’s despatch AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 05 Aug 1914 AWMM Solicitor and Barrister/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Arawa or Limerick AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Cerebro spinal fever AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Lieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Chronicles Of The N.Z.E.F. - Records of Matters Concerning the Troops, No 44., May 24th, 1918 at page 173 records the following commentary on Cook:
Lieut.-Colonel C.T.D. Cook, D.S.O., was an M.A. and LL.B. of Canterbury College. He was the son of the Late Professor Cook, of Christchurch, and was born in 1883. Before the war he was practicing with the firm of Fullerton-Smith, Miles and Cook, barristers and solicitors, of Marton. He joined up with the main body, and left as captain, second in command of the Hawkes Bay Company of the Wellington Infantry. In Egypt he was attached to Brigade H.Q., and acted as Staff-Captain to the Infantry Brigade on Gallipoli until the end of September, 1915, when he evacuated sick to England. He rejoined his regiment early in January, 1916, and assumed command of the Hakes Bay Company. He was promoted Major 1st March, and appointed second in command of the battalion. He received his Lieut.-Colonelcy on the 15th March, 1917, and given command of the 1st Battalion of his regiment; which he retained until he was evacuated sick from France barely a month before his death. He was mentioned in despatches - Gallipoli - and received the D.S.O. for work in France.
The Colonel was a gentleman in every sense of the word, and would not thank anyone for eulogising him; although one cannot do otherwise but give him great credit for his qualities. By his death the Wellington Regiment has suffered a severe loss, and his memory will long be reverenced by those who were fortunate enough to be under his command.
He died of spinal meningitis at Netley Hospital, on the 2nd May, and was buried at Reading on Saturday, May 4th, with full military honours. The pall-bearers, the firing party and the gun-carriage were all from the New Zealand Force.
Six months before his death he married Miss Haynes, of the town where he is now buried." AWMM
About death
- Death
- 2 May 1918 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Reading Cemetery, Berkshire, England AWMM 67 16436 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21896806
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7879772
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130224.html
Further Reference - New Zealand Lawyers Roll of Honour, New Zealand Law Society website
http://www.lawsociety.org.nz/news-and-communications/people-in-the-law/obituaries/obituaries-list/charles-frederick-denman-cook-dso,-1883-1918
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/648962/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/648962
Further Reference - Netley (Military) Hospital Roll of Remembrance
https://www.netleyabbeymatters.co.uk/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 145 - Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
- Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
Chronicles Of The N.Z.E.F. - Records of Matters Concerning the Troops, No 44., May 24th, 1918, page 173 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 2: Includes portrait
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