Herbert COOK

Regimental number12/2249
AddressArarimu
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Cook, Rose Brae, Albany, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Maunganui on 13 June 1915
The 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships, HMNZT 24 'Maunganui', HMNZT 25 'Tahiti', and HMNZT 26 'Aparima'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit16th (Waikato) Company, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 30 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot VII, Row E, Grave No 7), Flers, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Samuel and Mary Anne Cook, Waipukurau, New Zealand
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fifth

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