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Alfred William Cook

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 19 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 19 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred William AWMM
  • Surname
    Cook AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 48173 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 November 1896 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Masterton, Wairarapa Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs L. Cook (mother), Tawa Flat, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs L. Cook (mother), Tawa Flat, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 48173 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 6" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      150 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: embarked Wellington, 26 April 1917; admitted to ship's hospital, 23 May 1917 (cold); discharged from hospital, 27 May 1917. Admitted to ship's hospital, 4 June 1917; discharged from hospital, 12 June 1917. Admitted to ship's hospital, 10 July 1917 (influenza); discharged from hospital, 12 July 1917. Disembarked Devonport, England, 20 July 1917, and marched in to Sling Camp.
    Classified 'Unfit' and placed on NZ Roll; marched in to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 20 August 1917.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board 'Remuera', 27 August 1917.
    Embarked Wellington, 10 July 1918; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 September 1918; marched in to Camp Sling and attached to Reserve Brigade.
    Marched in to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 15 October 1918.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board 'Ayrshire' as Medical Orderly, 6 November 1918; found guilty by Field General Court Martial, on board ship, 16 December 1918, of neglect to the prejudice of good order and Military Discipline: forfeited 8 days' full pay; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 13 May 1919.
    Total war service: 1 year 319 days (of which 362 days were abroad)
    Medal: British War Medal

    Parents: William and Louie Cook (both b. New Zealand) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21896788
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      62: 19 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      86: 3 AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM

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